Alter Falkenstein Castle
| Alter Falkenstein Castle | ||
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 View from the Selketal to the old Falkenstein |
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| Alternative name (s): | Alt-Falkenstein Castle | |
| Creation time : | 11th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, moat, rampart, remains of walls | |
| Place: | Falkenstein / Harz | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 40 '48 " N , 11 ° 14' 23" E | |
| Height: | 335.6 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Alter Falkenstein Castle , also called Alt-Falkenstein Castle , in the Harz Mountains is a stables of a high medieval hilltop castle in the urban area of Falkenstein / Harz in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt . It was built in the 11th century and destroyed in 1115.
Geographical location
The Burgstall Alter Falkenstein is located in the eastern Harz part of Mansfelder Land between Mägdesprung (northern district of Harzgerode) and Meisdorf (southwestern district of Falkenstein / Harz ) on a rocky ridge ( 335.6 m above sea level ) above the Selke valley . In the wooded landscape of the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt nature park, it is located in the Selketal nature reserve about 1.25 kilometers northwest of the Köhler hut , located northwest of Pansfelde near the 1344 district road . From there you can take forest paths over a maximum of 364.2 m above sea level. NHN high deer plate to the castle stable.
The Neuer Falkenstein Castle is about 1.8 kilometers east-northeast .
history
The castle was probably built under the rule of the German Emperor Heinrich IV . The architect was the Swabian clergyman and later Bishop Benno II of Osnabrück. After the battle of Welfesholz on February 11, 1115, the castle was razed under the leadership of the Saxon Duke Lothar von Süpplingenburg and was not rebuilt afterwards. The neighboring Neuer Falkenstein Castle was then built , and Alter Falkenstein Castle was probably no longer inhabited since the beginning of the 12th century, as evidence of broken fragments suggests.
description
The castle complex consisted of an oval main castle measuring about 25 x 65 meters and a narrow outer bailey about 85 meters long ; the entire system was about 200 meters long. Nowadays, parts of the moat and rampart as well as remnants of the northern curtain wall can still be seen at the castle stables .
From the rocky ridge of the former castle there is a view of the Selke Valley. A cross commemorates the local researcher and monument curator Hans Reißmann, who died here on July 11, 2003 .
literature
- Bernd Sternal, Lisa Berg, Wolfgang Braun: Castles and palaces of the Harz region, Volume 2 . 3rd revised edition. Verlag Sternal Media, Norderstedt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8423-5024-3 , pp. 86-88.
- Friedrich Stolberg: Fortifications in and on the Harz Mountains - From early history to modern times . 2nd Edition. Verlag August Lax, Hildesheim 1983, ISBN 3-8269-1002-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Köhlerhütte am Hirschstein (on harzlife.de) with location on the topographic map (harz-ausflug.de), including the marked access
- ^ Burg Alter Falkenstein / Burg Neuer Falkenstein and other castles, on: stangerode.de
- ↑ a b Entry on Alter Falkenstein Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ↑ Bernd Sternal, Lisa Berg, Wolfgang Braun: Castles and palaces of the Harz region. Volume 2 , p. 86
