Etzoldshain Castle
| Etzoldshain Castle | |
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 Keep |
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| Creation time : | first mentioned in 1415 |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, high moth |
| Conservation status: | Keep on high moth with moat remains |
| Place: | Elsteraue - Könderitz - Etzoldshain |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 5 '42.4 " N , 12 ° 12' 41.5" E |
| Height: | 145 m above sea level NN |
The castle Etzoldshain is a former moated castle in the district Könderitz -Etzoldshain (Etzold Straße 60) in the municipality Elsteraue in Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt .
The Etzoldshain moated castle was first mentioned in a document in 1415. Of the former round castle complex, surrounded by a moat , only the five-storey square keep with a side length of 7.20 meters and two-meter thick walls has been preserved. The other buildings on the former castle area date from the 19th century.
literature
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages . Weltbild Verlag GmbH, Würzburg 1998, ISBN 3-86047-219-4 .
- Bruno J. Sobotka, Jürgen Strauss: Castles, palaces, manor houses in Saxony Anhalt . Witten 1994.
