Ebsdorf Castle

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Ebsdorf Castle
Alternative name (s): Stone house
Creation time : around 1054
Castle type : Hill castle, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Ebsdorf
Geographical location 50 ° 44 '3.5 "  N , 8 ° 48' 43"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '3.5 "  N , 8 ° 48' 43"  E
Height: 203  m above sea level NHN
Ebsdorf Castle (Hesse)
Ebsdorf Castle

The castle Ebsdsdorf even stone house called, is a Outbound hilltop castle on 203  m above sea level. NN near the district Ebsdorf of the municipality Ebsdorfergrund in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hesse .

The hill castle (Motte) built by the Salians is first mentioned in 1054 and was owned by the Lords of Ebsdorf until around 1353. The castle, of which there are no more remains, was on a hill near the village.

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , pp. 247-248.
  • Georg Wilhelm Sante : Volume 4. Hessen. Stuttgart 1976.