Alteburg (Essen)
Old castle | ||
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Creation time : | around 800 | |
Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
Conservation status: | ruin | |
Place: | Essen-Heidhausen | |
Geographical location | 51 ° 22 '32 " N , 6 ° 59' 50" E | |
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The Alteburg is a Carolingian rampart south of Essen-Werden on the left side of the Ruhr in North Rhine-Westphalia . A few hundred meters further north on the Pastoratsberg there was a similar complex in the 9th to 11th centuries, the Herrenburg .
The ramparts are now a listed building .
literature
- Sigmar Zacharias: The Alteburg in Essen-Werden. 1984. Brochure.
- Detlef Hopp : New excavations on the Alteburg in Essen-Werden. In: Elmar-Björn Krause (Hrsg.): Ur-Geschichte im Ruhrgebiet. Gelsenkirchen 1992, pp. 125-128, Ill.
- Detlef Hopp: Alteburg. In: Detlef Hopp, Bianca Khil, Elke Schneider (eds.): Burgenland Essen. Castles, palaces and permanent houses in Essen. Klartext Verlag , Essen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8375-1739-2 , pp. 18-21.
Web links
Commons : Alteburg - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Alteburg ground monument
- Pictures of the Ostwall and information board (private homepage)