Alt-Tannenburg

Alt-Tannenburg
Alternative name (s):	Altenburg, Alte Kopp (Old Kuppe)
Creation time :	around 1200
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, ditch
Standing position :	Noble
Place:	Nentershausen
Geographical location	51 ° 0 '32.6 "  N , 9 ° 56' 25.5"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '32.6 "  N , 9 ° 56' 25.5"  E

The castle Old fir castle , even old hilltop called, is a Outbound Spur castle on a spur of the Heart Mountain , on the outskirts of Nentershausen in Richelsdorfer Mountains , in the district of Rotenburg in the northeastern part of the country of Hesse .

location

The Burgstall is only about 200 m southwest of Nentershausen on the edge of the forest, at the village cemetery, and is easy to find thanks to the hiking trails. A notice board is available on site.

description

The complex to be addressed as the predecessor of the Tannenberg Castle 700 m to the east stood on the "old hilltop", where a crescent-shaped moat can still be seen. The location indicates the residence of a local nobleman. Remnants of the wall, if any, are no longer there. Alt-Tannenburg probably continued to exist for some time alongside the new building.

history

Old fir castle on the "old peak", was probably the Hersfelder Abbot built after the abbey in 1003 by King Henry II. The hunting ground for the Imperial Forest "Eherinevirst" ( Knüllgebirge and Seulingswald ) received. The purpose of the castle at that time was to control the northern part of the imperial forest.

literature

• Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 169.
• Ludwig Büff: On the history of Nentershausen . Blücher Verlag, Merzhausen 2004, ISBN 3-934249-06-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ZLB: Duncker Collection ( Memento of the original dated June 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.