Old Castle (Netphen)
| Old castle | ||
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| Creation time : | High medieval | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, small remains of walls, wall and moat remains | |
| Place: | Netphen - Dreis-Tiefenbach | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 54 '44 " N , 8 ° 2' 59" E | |
| Height: | 320 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Old Castle is an Outbound probably high medieval Spur castle on a 320 m above sea level. NHN high mountain spur over the victory in Dreis-Tiefenbach near Netphen , North Rhine-Westphalia . It possibly goes back to a Franconian hill fort. In 1910 an inn was built on the site. Excavations took place in 1929.
The former small castle complex had a 20 by 10 meter main castle , a 20 by 40 meter outer bailey and a keep on an area of 11 by 7.8 meters with a wall thickness of 1.8 meters and a fountain in the northeast corner.
literature
- Jens Friedhoff , Joachim Zeune (eds.): Theiss Burgenführer Sauerland and Siegerland. 70 castles and palaces . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1706-8 , p. 21.
Web links
- Entry by Jens Friedhoff zu Dreis-Tiefenbach in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ^ Heimatverein Alte Burg ( Memento from June 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )