What remains of the Burgwall Groß Görnow today?

Traces of a partly preserved rampart and remnants of three gateways are still visible in the shape of the plateau.

How old is this site?

The fortification dates from the 8th to the 10th century, during the Slavic Feldberg period.

Can the site be visited freely?

No verified information gives opening hours or visiting arrangements, it is an open air archaeological site.

Why was the fort built so large?

Its size, over 250 metres around, and capacity for about a thousand people suggest it served as a collective refuge in times of danger.

What happened to the inhabitants after the fort was abandoned?

Archaeological evidence suggests they later settled near the Groß Raden lake, on a nearby peninsula.

Burgwall Groß Görnow

Sternberg

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Burgwall Groß Görnow stands in Sternberg (Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim), in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Burgwall Groß Görnow is a former Slavic hillfort site, set on a plateau above the Warnow valley near Sternberg. Built between the 8th and 10th centuries, it belongs to the so called Feldberg period. Its defensive earthwork, partly preserved today, extends over more than 250 metres and could have sheltered around a thousand people, suggesting it served as a refuge in times of danger. Traces of three gateways through the rampart can still be made out, one of which led down toward the river.

What to know

This is an open air archaeological site, with no standing building or visitor facilities.
The terrain is a wooded or farmed plateau, reached on foot from the edge of the village.
No opening hours, admission fee or guided visit arrangement is documented for this site.
The remains are limited to the rampart traces in the landscape, so some prior reading or a site map helps in understanding what is seen.
The nearby site of Groß Raden, historically linked to this fort, may be worth combining with a visit.

Where this château is

Sternberg · Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Kastanienallee 38, 19406 Sternberg-Groß Raden

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What remains of the Burgwall Groß Görnow today?: Traces of a partly preserved rampart and remnants of three gateways are still visible in the shape of the plateau.
How old is this site?: The fortification dates from the 8th to the 10th century, during the Slavic Feldberg period.
Can the site be visited freely?: No verified information gives opening hours or visiting arrangements, it is an open air archaeological site.
Why was the fort built so large?: Its size, over 250 metres around, and capacity for about a thousand people suggest it served as a collective refuge in times of danger.
What happened to the inhabitants after the fort was abandoned?: Archaeological evidence suggests they later settled near the Groß Raden lake, on a nearby peninsula.