Lemberg

The Lemberg is a wooded hill rising between the Stuttgart districts of Weilimdorf and Feuerbach. Made of shelly sandstone and marl, the 384.5-metre summit overlooks the Feuerbach valley to the east and the Strohgäu plain to the west.

Excavations in 1908 led by Peter Goessler and Ludwig Sontheimer uncovered three Iron-Age ramparts and ditches on the eastern spur. Radiocarbon dating places the oldest defences in the Urnfield period around 1300–800 BC, with later repairs during the Hallstatt and La Tène phases. Finds include stone walls without mortar, charred timbers, pottery shards and animal bones. A rainwater channel and traces of fire show a fortified farmstead that was destroyed after 1000 BC.

Visitors walk the Feuerbacher Höhenweg where the ramparts still rise up to 2.5 metres above the ground. Wall I, the westernmost, remains in the best condition and is easiest to spot. The surrounding slope is covered in dense undergrowth and marl pits, but the path offers clear views across Stuttgart and the Strohgäu.