Leiterstädt Castle

Leiterstädt Castle
Creation time :	1100-1300
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Nobles
Place:	Kirchhain - Langenstein
Geographical location	50 ° 49'56 " N , 8 ° 58'18" E Coordinates: 50 ° 49'56 " N , 8 ° 58'18" E
Height:	228 m above sea level NHN

The castle Leiterstädt is a lost moated castle east of the district Langenstein of the city of Kirchhain in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hesse .

description

The moated castle built by the Lords of Leiterstädt (presumed local nobility, documented between 1260 and 1283) in the 12th to 13th centuries was mentioned in 1282 and destroyed around 1478. Nothing has been preserved from the former castle complex. Presumably it was a fortified courtyard to protect the deserted village of Leiterstede , which has been documented for about the same time. The place and castle must have been very small, there is no record of its own district.

literature

Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 2nd Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1995, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 255.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Leiterstede, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of December 19, 2012). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on March 20, 2017 .

[lagis-1] Leiterstede, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of December 19, 2012). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on March 20, 2017 .