Alt-Sternberg Castle

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Alt-Sternberg Castle
Alt-Sternberg Castle, main castle

Alt-Sternberg Castle, main castle

Creation time : Late 11th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Trenches and remnants of walls
Place: Schwelentrup ( Dörentrup municipality )
Geographical location 52 ° 3 '52 "  N , 9 ° 2' 15"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 3 '52 "  N , 9 ° 2' 15"  E
Height: 300  m above sea level NN
Alt-Sternberg Castle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Alt-Sternberg Castle

The Alt-Sternberg Castle is a spur castle on a spur-like foothill of the Mühlingsberg at 300  m above sea level. NN near Schwelentrup , a district of the municipality Dörentrup in the Lippe district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The moats and walls of the castle are still preserved today.

Description and history

The castle Alt-Sternberg is considered direct predecessor of today received and 1.5 km to the southeast lies Burg Sternberg . It consisted of a three-part rampart and moat with outer works, outer and main castle. The moats of the castle were originally up to 15 m wide and about 10-12 m deep.

The castle complex was extensively archaeologically examined by Otto Weerth in 1908. During these investigations, cellar pits of five houses could be detected in the area of ​​the 1000 m² main castle. Medieval shards, including Pingsdorf pottery , remains of iron implements, a glass ring and pet bones, mainly from pigs, were found inside the pits . The most important finds also include two coins: a coin minted under Heinrich von Champagne from the period from 1192 to 1197 and a Soest halfling from the beginning of the 13th century.

Based on the existing finds, it is assumed that Alt-Sternberg was used from the end of the 11th to around the beginning of the 13th century. Written sources about the builders of the castle have not survived. Alt-Sternberg and Sternberg Castle were probably used in parallel for a certain period of time, with the older Alt-Sternberg Castle eventually being abandoned.

  • Complete system from the east

  • Trench between outer works and outer bailey

  • Main castle from the north

  • View from the main castle to the southeast

Site plan of Alt-Sternberg Castle

literature

  • Friedrich Hohenschwert : Prehistoric and early historical fortifications in Lippe . Lippe Studies, Vol. 4, Landesverband Lippe (Ed.). Münster 1978, ISBN 3-921428-21-1
  • Friedrich Hohenschwert: Der Kreis Lippe II - Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Stuttgart 1985, p. 69, ISBN 3-8062-0428-4

Web links

Commons : Burg Alt-Sternberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otto Weerth: Alt-Sternberg - Mitteilungen aus der Lippe history and regional studies , vol. 6, 1908, pp. 193-203 digitized