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The Babilonie is a hillfort of the La Tène culture at a height of 255.6 metres above sea level on the northern edge of a rounded hill in the Wiehen Hills above the Lübbecke village of Obermehnen in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The name is derived from the Germanic ''baben'' in the ''lon'' i.e. "up in the woods". The wedge-shaped, double-rampart system, which descends from south to north with the slope, was investigated archaeologically in the first half of the last century, especially by Friedrich Langewiesche, who assessed it as a refuge castle. Ceramic and even metalwork finds indicate that it belongs to the La Tène culture in the pre-Roman Iron Age, e vorrömische Eisenzeit, therefore probably part of an extensive trading network. The fortification has an area of over 12 hectares. The first mapping of this hilltop, which was exceptionally well-suited to the establishment of a large hillfort with its spring high up the hills, was carried out after 1880.〔Heinrich Schmidt: ''Die Babilonie in Geschichte und Sage''. In: Gemeinde Blasheim (pub.): 969-1969. 1000 Jahre Gemeinde Blasheim. Druck: Bruns, Minden o. J. (1969), p. 84-89.〕 Ceramic finds from the Saxon-Frankish period have also been discovered. According to Paul Höfer there is a legend that refers to Wittekind.〔Paul Höfer: ''Der Feldzug des Germanicus Im Jahre 16. n.Chr.'' 1884, p. 88〕 == Sources == * Torsten Capelle: ''Wallburgen in Westfalen-Lippe.'' Herausgegeben von der Altertumskommission für Westfalen, Münster, 2010, , p. 22f. No. FBW 12 (''Frühe Burgen in Westfalen Sonderband 1'') 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Babilonie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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