Old Castle (Unterrath)
| Old castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Great castle | |
| Creation time : | Medieval | |
| Castle type : | Location, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Düsseldorf - Unterrath | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 16 ′ 41.5 " N , 6 ° 46 ′ 20.3" E | |
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The Old Castle , and Great Burg called, is an Outbound Turmhügelburg (moth) on Kieshecker way in Kittelbach lowlands of the Düsseldorf district Unterrath in North Rhine-Westphalia .
After an intensive clearing period in the first half of the Middle Ages , moths appeared around the royal court . In “Rath” these were on the one hand dependent noble courts, including the “Great Castle”, “Haus Hain”, “Heiligendonk”, the “Volkardey”, the “Kürten”, the “Gather” and the “Hoferhof”. These knight seats later became farms on which tenants lived. In addition to the noble courtyards, free courtyards such as the “Alte Burg” and the “ Ickter Hof ” were created.
Today's Burgstall shows no visible remains.
literature
- Heinz Baumgarten, Monika von Wrisberg: Archive pictures Düsseldorf - Unterrath and Lichtenbroich. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2005.
- Heinrich Ferber: manors in the office of Angermund . In: Contributions to the history of the Lower Rhine. Yearbook of the Düsseldorf History Association . Volume 7th Ed. Lnitz, Düsseldorf 1893, p. 101 ( online ).
- Kai Niederhöfer: The Great Castle . In: Burgen Aufruhr - On the way to 100 castles, palaces and mansions in the Ruhr region. Essen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8375-0234-3 , pp. 102-104.