Bleibeskopf

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The Bleibiskopf is a mountain in the Hoch-Taunus district, 6 miles northwest of Bad Homburg. It has a height of 480.1 meters above sea level.

The ring wall

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On the Bleibiskopf was in the late Bronze Age ( about 800 BC), a pre-Celtic hillfort of the urn field culture. This ring wall is the oldest in the Taunus. The ring wall, once about 3.00 to 3.50 meters wide, about 1.80 meters high and 490 meters long, is still recognizable today. In the wall guide two groups of rocks have been integrated. The entrance was a simple wall interruption, no pincer gate.

The settlement area has an area of ​​approximately 1.4 hectares and is divided into three different high plateau. On the Bleibiskopf numerous bronze objects were found: a socketed ax, a decorated spear-head, a knife, a needle, a razor and leg rings, which were provided with Zählzeichen on the inside. This Zählzeichen are among the oldest in Europe north of the Alps.

Excavations

Beginning of the 20th century by the Frankfurt architect CL Thomas systematic excavations on the Bleibeskopf performed. The finds are exhibited in the museum of the castle hall and castle in Vortaunus Museum in Oberursel.