Dünsberg is a

hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit, and is usually applied to peaks which are above elevation compared to the relative landmass, though not as prominent as Mountain, mountains. Hills ...

slightly northwest of

Gießen Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the German state () of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students. Th ...

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. At 498 meters in height, it is the highest mountain in the Gießen and

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area. On the southern slope of the hill, grave mounds were found from the

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

and the

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. Fortification systems of the hill are detectable from the Urnfield period (8th century BC). The outer ramparts of the hillfort had 14 gates. The

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settlement (

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) reached its height during the La Tene period (about the 3rd century BC).

Gallery

File:Ringwallanlage Dünsberg Digitales Geländemodell.jpg, Dünsberg topography File:Keltisches Oppidum Dünsberg, Hinweisschild Tor 7.jpg, Dünsberg hillfort information board File:Keltengehöft Dünsberg.jpg, Reconstruction of Celtic buildings File:Kunstweg Dünsberg - Skulptur 1 (002).jpg, Dünsberg hillfort gate and sculpture, reconstruction File:Duensberg Giessen 2002-03-28.JPG, Dünsberg hillfort rampart remains

External links

* Hills of Hesse Hills of the Gladenbach Uplands {{Hesse-geo-stub