Brotterode Castle
| Brotterode Castle | ||
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 The castle hill of Brotterode from the east |
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| Creation time : | around 1050 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, wall and moat remains | |
| Standing position : | Landgraves | |
| Place: | Brotterode | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 49 '28.8 " N , 10 ° 26' 11.6" E | |
| Height: | 591 m above sea level NN | |
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The Castle Brotterode is an Outbound high medieval fortification on a projecting south into the valley spur in Brotterode in Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thuringian Forest .
location
The castle site of the Spornburg is located on the western outskirts on the castle hill at 591 m above sea level. NN . It can be reached quickly from there via signposted paths. The area extends under forest in the summit.
description
The facility was secured on three sides by a partly natural steep drop and in the north by a wall and ditch fortification that can still be seen; the steep drop to the south is still recognizable as a rock massif. The extension in north-south direction is 150 m, in east-west direction 15 to 30 m. The core of the complex (residential development) presumably used the southern part of the summit plateau. A small plateau measuring 20 × 25 m is bordered by a faintly recognizable protective wall in the east and north; today there is a rest area at the same place. Occasionally you come across small remains of a pit that were probably used as a quarry.
history
The castle was mentioned as a fortification of the Thuringian landgraves and is said to have been built around 1050. Its construction time, use and destruction are directly related to the expansion of the landgrave's position of power on the Rennsteig, in particular to the protection of early mines. The castle site is now a protected ground monument . The area in question is used for forestry.
literature
- Thomas Bienert: «Brotterode» - Medieval castles in Thuringia . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 249 .
- Michael Köhler: "Brotterode" - Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and prehistoric living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 73 .
- Roland Geißler: Hiking guide to Bad Liebenstein and the Inselsberg , Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2007, ISBN 978-3-938997-79-6 , p. 51
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thuringian Land Survey Office TK25 - sheet 5128 - Ruhla , Erfurt 1992, ISBN 3-86140-048-0