Convict Head Castle
Convict Head Castle | ||
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Creation time : | First mentioned 10th century | |
Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
Standing position : | unknown | |
Place: | Bark | |
Geographical location | 51 ° 1 '40 " N , 9 ° 17' 6.4" E | |
Height: | 269 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle convict head is an Outbound hilltop castle at 269 m above sea level. NN on a hill in the city forest about two kilometers south of the city center of the small town of Borken in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse .
The castle was first mentioned in the 10th century and was probably a small tower castle , the common name of which could indicate an execution site . Today's Burgstall shows no more remains.
literature
- Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites . 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 102.
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: The convict head at Borken . In: Der Schwalm-Eder-Kreis 1986, pp. 191–192.
- Heinrich Pitz: Ring walls and ramparts at the Schwalmpforte . In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies. New episode . Volume 72, 1961, pp. 21-44.
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann zu Borken, convict head in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Sträflingskopf Castle, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).