Circular rampart of Burg

The site, dating roughly to the 10th century and located in an inaccessible area of marsh by the River Fuhse, probably acted as a refuge for the local population (against Viking or Slav attacks).

Today this 3-metre-high (9.8 ft) circular embankment belongs to one of the most important Early Middle Age historical monuments in Celle.

Formerly this defensive work lay on a sand dune in the middle of the wide, flat valley of the Fuhse.

In spite of the surrounding land being cultivated in past centuries the almost perfectly circular rampart, 70 to 85 metres in diameter whose interior covers about 0.2 hectares (0.49 acres), is well preserved.

In front of it to the south, facing the direction of attack, is a dry V-shaped ditch (Spitzgraben), 2 m deep and 6 m wide.

This well-preserved circular rampart gained renewed fame in the early 20th century, thanks to the novel Der Wehrwolf (The Werewolf) by Hermann Löns.

Löns was inspired by the rampart site and set parts of his work at this location during the Thirty Years War.