Botscheberg
| Botscheberg | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Bosselberg | |
| Creation time : | 10th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, castle hill | |
| Place: | Vehlefanz | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 42 '59.2 " N , 13 ° 5' 46.5" E | |
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The Botscheberg even Bosselberg called, is an Outbound medieval motte (moth) on the western edge of Vehlefanz that the municipality Oberkrämer in Oberhavel in Brandenburg belongs.
The artificial truncated cone-shaped castle hill with an upper diameter of about 30 m is located in a small swampy depression in the central part of the little country Glien . The shape and size point to the 10th century when it was built. So it would be related to the first eastward expansion from around 930. The hill was originally surrounded by a moat and had a kind of outer bailey on the northeast side, which has now disappeared. Archaeological finds consisted of Slavic and early German (12th century) sherds and occasional natural stones with lime mortar residues , which suggest a former fieldstone building with a half-timbered structure.
The purpose of this tower hill is still debatable. It is noticeable, however, that it lies exactly in the middle between the former Slavic castles Tietzow and Bötzow (today Oranienburg ), which are both a day's journey of 25 km away from each other. This could also explain the name Botscheberg (Bötzowberg) - you could see Bötzow Castle from the tower . In the 11th century, archaeological evidence suggests that the hill will again be used by Slavs, before the hill was included in Vehlefanz Castle in the 12th or 13th century .
No similar tower mounds are known in the wider area around Vehlefanz. The next are in the Prignitz .