Ringwall Buchenberg

The Buch(en)berg circular rampart lies on the Buchberg in the Buchenberge state forest district and is one of several prehistoric fortifications in the valley of the Schwarze Laber.

Parsberg

The Buch(en)berg circular rampart lies on the Buchberg in the Buchenberge state forest district and is one of several prehistoric fortifications in the valley of the Schwarze Laber.

Characteristics

• Type: Cave
• Municipality: Parsberg
• Record updated: November 13, 2026

Caves are protected biotopes (§30 BNatSchG). Caves used by bats as winter quarters must not be entered from 1 October to 31 March (§39(6) BNatSchG), except show caves and their developed parts.

Location

The Buch(en)berg circular rampart (sometimes incorrectly called a "Keltenschanze" or "Keltenwall") lies about 1500 m north-northwest of the Upper Palatinate town of Parsberg in the district of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz and about 600 m southwest of Hackenhofen, today a part of Parsberg. The circular rampart lies on the Buchberg in the Buchenberge state forest district.

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1. Ringwall Buchberg

   49.172136, 11.714354
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Description

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The Buch(en)berg circular rampart is one of several prehistoric fortifications in the valley of the Schwarze Laber. The site is listed as a ground monument under the file number D-3-6836-0099 in the Bayernatlas as an "Urnfield period hilltop settlement, prehistoric or early historic circular rampart, cave H 44 with archaeological finds".

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Source: Wikidata – cave items (Germany) (www.wikidata.org), modified. CC0 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · data as of 2026 · Source: German Wikipedia – article leads (cave descriptions) (de.wikipedia.org), modified. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Wikipedia contributors (de.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text by Wikipedia contributors (Ringwall Buchenberg) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · description · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringwall_Buchenberg · data as of 2026