Landwehr Section at Kleinheierweg
A surviving section of a medieval border earthwork (Landwehr) at Kleinheierweg in Kempen's Schmalbroich district, protected as a ground monument since 1992.
On Kleinheierweg in the Schmalbroich district, a section of Kempen's old Landwehr border earthwork has survived. The former boundary rampart dates to around 1350 and is today one of the town's protected ground monuments.
Source: de.wikipedia.org
At a glance
- Type
- Section of a medieval Landwehr (border earthwork)
- Location
- Kleinheierweg, Schmalbroich district, 47906 Kempen
- Coordinates
- 51.381609 / 6.384891
- Origin
- around 1350
- Listed
- ground monument since 6 October 1992 (no. 7, Part B of the monument register)
Historical context
A Landwehr was a medieval border fortification of rampart and ditch, often reinforced with dense hedges, built to secure territorial boundaries. Several such Landwehr sections survive around Kempen – the section at Kleinheierweg is one of them and forms its own ground monument. It documents how the region sought to protect its borders in the late Middle Ages with simple but effective earthworks.
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Address
Kleinheierweg
47906 Kempen
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