Lindau Castle
| Lindau Castle | ||
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 Lindau Castle in the aerial view from the northwest |
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| Creation time : | 800 to 900 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Keep, enclosing wall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles, Duke | |
| Construction: | Bricks | |
| Place: | Lindau | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 2 '15.7 " N , 12 ° 5' 54.8" E | |
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The castle Lindau at the Nuthe is the ruin of a lowland castle or a Turmhügelburg (moth) on a reaching in a former marsh sand spur near the town of Lindau in Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt .
history
The castle was probably founded in the 9th to 10th centuries, which is indicated by finds of Slavic shards. In 1179 the castle was first mentioned in a document under Lord Evererus von Lindau. Even during the Thirty Years' War , the castle served the rural residents as a refuge when enemies approached . The castle was expanded in the 15th century. After the modern decline of the castle of the castle tower in 1863 in the time of askanischen restoration by Duke Leopold Friedrich renewed.
investment
The castle complex on a steep slope towards the Nuthe to the west and north had a main castle with a centrally located keep and an outer bailey separated by a large section ditch . The main and outer bailey were connected by a drawbridge . From bricks existing perimeter wall of the upper castle and the round, twelve-meter high keep with 2.6 meters thick walls and double gates are still well preserved. There is also a well-preserved, several meter high wall to the west .
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages. Floor plan lexicon. Wuerzburg 1994.
