The Schwedenschanze in Dörscheid in the
Middle Rhine valley is a
''Sternschanze'' or star-shaped fortification that was probably built when the Landgrave of Hesse was besieged by the Palatine
Kaub in 1631/32 during the
Thirty Years' War.
The ''
schanze'' lie 750 metres west of the village of
Dörscheid
Dörscheid is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.
West of the village is the protected monument of the Schwedenschanze
There are numerous prehistorical and early historical ringworks a ...
on an eminence. It is no longer recognisable as a ''Sternschanze'' because it has been heavily
slighted. Only at the southwestern tip is the bank up to about 2 metres high. There was once a ditch about five metres wide that is no longer visible.
Protected monument
The site of the schanze is a protected ground monument (''Bodendenkmal'') under
Rhineland-Palatinate law. Permission must be sought for excavations and targeted collection of artefacts; incidental finds must be reported to the authorities.
Literature
* Karl August von Cohausen: ''Landwehren und alte Schanzen des Regierungsbezirks Wiesbaden'' in the Nassau Annals (''Nassauische Annalen''), Vol. 15 (1879).
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Hill forts in Germany
Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis