Ringfort on Top of the Mountain „Greinberg“

Nr. on the small map: 3 (Miltenberg)

The Greinberg dominates the Main Valley at Miltenberg. Findings from the Bronze Age confirm that the area was inhabited between 1700 -1200 BC.

The ringfort has two ramparts around the mountain’s brow (highest elevation 452 m / 494 yd above sea level). The outer rampart covers an area of about 20 ha (50 acres). When the Romans arrived around 159/169 AD the site had already been deserted.

The Romans worshipped their god Mercury at the slopes of the Greinberg and built a temple for him in the center of the ringfort.

Evidence of worshipping Mercury are on display in the Museum Stadt Miltenberg.