Bleibeskopf
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Bleibeskopf | |
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Remains of ramparts on the Bleibeskopf | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 480 m (1,570 ft) |
Geography | |
Location | Hesse, Germany |
Parent range | Taunus |
The Bleibeskopf is a hill in Hesse, Germany, about 6 km northwest of Bad Homburg.
In the late Bronze Age (about 800 BC), a pre-Celtic hillfort of the Urnfield culture was on the Bleibiskopf. The circular rampart, which was once 3 to 3.5 metres thick, about 1.8 metres tall and 490 metres long, is still recognisable today. Numerous bronze objects have been found on the Bleibeskopf: a hatchet, a decorated lance tip, a knife, a needle, a razor and leg rings.