Geldern Castle
Geldern Castle | ||
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Geldern 1649 |
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Creation time : | First mentioned in 1237 | |
Castle type : | Location | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
Standing position : | Count | |
Place: | Funds | |
Geographical location | 51 ° 31 '2.3 " N , 6 ° 19' 3.1" E | |
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The Castle money is an Outbound castle today Mühlenweg in the town of Geldern in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The castle, first mentioned in 1237, was owned by the Counts of Geldern and served to secure an important crossing on the Niers .
In the 13th century a settlement arose first to the north and then east of it, which was soon protected with ramparts, walls and ditches and which in that century presented itself as a city with a 1,800-meter-long city wall .
In the late Middle Ages , the Landesburg Castle was the seat of a bailiff and served the Dukes of Geldern as accommodation on their travels through their territory.
literature
- Stefan Frankewitz : Castles, palaces, mansions on the banks of the Niers . 1st edition. Boss, Kleve 1997, ISBN 3-9805931-0-X , pp. 200-203.
- Stefan Frankewitz: The Lower Rhine and its castles, mansions mansions along the Niers . Boss, Geldern 2011, ISBN 978-3-941559-13-4 , pp. 427-450.
Web links
- City history of Geldern
- Entry on Castle Geldern in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute