Hünenknfer Castle

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Hünenknfer Castle
View from the Ruhr valley to the tower hill

View from the Ruhr valley to the tower hill

Alternative name (s): Giant knots
Castle type : Höhenburg, Hochmotte
Conservation status: Stone remains
Place: Fröndenberg - Bentrop
Geographical location 51 ° 29 '38 "  N , 7 ° 50' 37"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '38 "  N , 7 ° 50' 37"  E

The castle Hünenknfel , also called Hünenknfel , was a hilltop castle in the Bentrop district of Fröndenberg , Unna district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

From the former high moth (tower hill castle) on a high slope above the wide Ruhr valley only a ditch is left . According to legend, it was connected to the north with the Scheda monastery in Wickede (Ruhr) via a 1 km long corridor. A legend tells of a ghostly car.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Heiner LaFroe: Gut Scheda
  2. Legends and stories about Hemmerde ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )