Greiffenberg Castle

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Greiffenberg Castle
Greiffenburg ruins

Greiffenburg ruins

Creation time : around 1224
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Significant remains of the wall
Standing position : Nobles, counts
Construction: Field stone, brick
Place: Greiffenberg
Geographical location 53 ° 5 '28.2 "  N , 13 ° 57' 52.6"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 5 '28.2 "  N , 13 ° 57' 52.6"  E
Greiffenberg Castle (Brandenburg)
Greiffenberg Castle

The castle Greiffenberg is the ruins of a hilltop castle on a hill in Welsetal on the northern edge of the district Greiffenberg the city Angermünde (Luchdamm 10-15) in the district Uckermark in Brandenburg .

history

The small fort-like castle was built in 1224. In 1261 the castle was mentioned as "civitas Grifenberg" with hospital as the ancestral seat of the von Greiffenberg family.

The possession was confirmed in 1349 by the Duke of Pomerania and in 1354 the castle again belonged to the Mark Brandenburg , was conquered by the Pomerania in 1426 and again belonged to the Mark Brandenburg in 1446.

From 1473 to 1803 the castle was owned by the von Sparr family. In the meantime, the castle suffered destruction during the Thirty Years War . From 1850 the castle is owned by the Counts of Redern .

description

The square brick castle on an artificially raised hill still shows the 12 meter high stump of the three-storey round keep on a base area of ​​9 by 9 meters with a wall thickness of 1.4 meters, remains of a disproportionate gate building and the field stone foundations of the residential buildings and the circular wall as well Wall and moat remains.

literature

  • Jo Lüdemann: Castle Guide Brandenburg. Fair women, dark knights, haunted treasures. Trescher, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89794-006-X .
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages. Floor plan lexicon. Flechsig, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 978-3-88189-360-2 .

Web links

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