Everstein Castle
| Everstein | ||
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 Big and Small Everstein from the southeast with respective castles |
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| Creation time : | Early 12th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Rubble, trenches, ramparts, small remains of walls | |
| Place: | Negenborn | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 52 '37 " N , 9 ° 32' 40" E | |
| Height: | 345.2 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Everstein is the ruin of a two- level castle in Weserbergland , based on the surveys Great and Little Everstein the ridge Castle Hill in the district of Holzminden , Lower Saxony ( Germany is).
geography
The remains of the "Everstein Castle on the Burgberg" are located about 10 km east-southeast of Polle in the Burgberg ridge , which extends east of the Weser directly north of Bevern . The castle complex consisted of two parts, which were built on the Großer and Kleiner Everstein (345.2 and 305.1 m above sea level ) between Arholzen , Bevern-Lobach and Negenborn .
history
The facility of "Everstein Castle on the Burgberg" was first mentioned in 1226. It was founded at the beginning of the 12th century and was the first ancestral seat of the Counts of Everstein , whose nearest castle Polle was about 10 km (as the crow flies) away. A documentary mention of the castrum Everstein maius 1265 shows that at that time both the elevation of the Great and the Small Everstein were each built with castles. The castle, like the Homburg, was visible from the Amelungsborn monastery . In 1284 the Everstein came into the hands of Guelphs, and finally the castle walls were demolished in 1493 by the Amelungsborn monastery with the consent of Duke Wilhelm .
Both the Big and the Little Everstein were built on artificially leveled mountain tops and, in addition to the castle walls, were attached to the steep castle slope by ramparts and moats . Some remains of the wall are still preserved on the Great Everstein. Archaeological investigations in 1966 led to the discovery of a gate tower and a residential tower ( Palas ), which were connected by a defensive wall . Remains of defensive walls have also been found in other places on the edge of the plateau. Findings from the excavation were spurs, crossbow bolts and knives. Today the foundation of a television converter is in the castle interior .
An almost square rampart on the southeast slope of the Great Everstein with leveled and recessed areas inside could indicate an attempt to build a fortified settlement near the castle. This is also indicated by airborne laser scanning examinations.
Castle moat on the Great Everstein
Remains of the castle wall on the summit of the Great Everstein
Edge of the summit of the Great Everstein
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann about Everstein Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Little Everstein in the Lower Saxony Monument Atlas
- Great Everstein in the Lower Saxony Monument Atlas
- Urban desolation below the Großer Everstein Castle in the Lower Saxony Monument Atlas
- Reconstruction drawing in the medieval state and general view
- Everstein Castle near Negenborn