Alsterburg
| Alsterburg | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Old Castle Hamburg | |
| Creation time : | Medieval | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Place: | Hamburg | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 33 '1 " N , 9 ° 59' 32" E | |
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The Alsterburg or Old Castle was for a long time assumed in historical literature to be a medieval low castle in Hamburg's old town, but it was never excavated or occupied. According to the latest findings, it is probably identical to the Neue Burg .
history
Before it was recognized in 2015 that the New Castle was built earlier assumed to be a long time and therefore presumably is identical to the Alster castle, it was assumed that the Alster castle around 1045 during the reign of Duke Bernhard II. Of the family of Bill Unger was built . One suspected the castle between the Alster and the north side of the Hamburg Mariendom at the place where the Hamburg city hall is today.
The remains of a castle were discovered on the Rathausplatz as early as the 19th century, and more in 1953/54. The castle was expanded under Adolf I. Not far from here, under Ordulf , the New Castle was built soon after . The Hamburg coat of arms with the three towers behind the city wall shows the importance of the cathedral tower, Alsterburg tower and Neueburgturm to this day. The Alster castle was in 1066 by the Obotrites bekehrtes in the uprising against their faith leader, Gottschalk again and soon after in 1072 after the death of Bishop Adalbert of Bremen from the House of Margrave of Meissen at the incident by the Wagrians under Prince Kruto destroyed and rebuilt each time. In 1139 after the temporary expulsion of Count Adolf II , it was completely destroyed in the course of the retreat by Heinrich von Bathide from the dynasty of the Counts of Orlamünde .
literature
- Martin Krieger : History of Hamburg. CH Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-53595-X .
- Johann Gustav Gallois : History of the City of Hamburg edited from the best sources. 1853.
- Ralf Busch : The art of the Middle Ages in Hamburg, the castles. Dölling & Galitz, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-933374-47-2 .
- Heiko Laß: Castles, palaces and mansions in Hamburg and the surrounding area: journeys of discovery to unknown and known objects. L + H Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-939629-01-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Video The "New Castle" under the Hopfenmarkt is older than expected , Hamburg1 , February 11, 2015
- ↑ Martin Krieger: History of Hamburg. 2006, p. 19 ff.
- ^ Johann Wilhelm Christern: History of the free city of Hamburg and its constitution, from the beginning of the same to the present day. 1843, p. 67 ff.