Eversberg Castle

Eversberg Castle
The ruins of Eversberg Castle
Creation time :	1093 to 1124 (probably around 1242)
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Bergfriedstump, small remains of the wall
Standing position :	Count
Place:	Meschede - Eversberg
Geographical location	51 ° 21 '42 "  N , 8 ° 20' 3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '42 "  N , 8 ° 20' 3"  E
Height:	453  m above sea level NHN

The ruins of Eversberg Castle are located in the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park at 453  m above sea level. NHN high Schlossberg, which rises above the Ruhr valley on the southern edge of Eversberg , a district of Meschede in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis .

history

Allegedly an otherwise intangible Count Eberhard von Arnsberg had the hilltop castle built between 1093 and 1124. It was destroyed by fire in 1235 and under Count Gottfried III. von Arnsberg finally rebuilt to secure its territory against Kurköln . Here he founded the town of Eversberg in 1242 and granted it the town charter of Lippe .

View from the ruin. Left: vegetation on the viewing platform

The structure fell into disrepair since the 16th century, and the stump of the keep with a recently built wooden viewing platform and small remnants of walls have been preserved.

From the platform, which is about 7.5 m high, there is a very good all-round view of Eversberg in the north, the Ruhr valley in the south and the surrounding mountains of the Sauerland .

literature

• Jens Friedhoff : Sauerland and Siegerland. Theiss Castle Guide . Edited by Joachim Zeune . Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1706-8 , p. 57.

Web links

Commons : Burg Eversberg  - Collection of images

• Eversberg castle ruins
• 360 ° panorama picture of Eversberg Castle in the Westphalian Cultural Atlas (requires Flash player )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ↑ According to private measurements