Linau Castle
| Linau Castle | ||
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 Remains of Linau Castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1230 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, tower hill, wall remains | |
| Standing position : | Noble | |
| Place: | Linau | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 38 '45.8 " N , 10 ° 28' 4.3" E | |
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The Burg Linau is an Outbound Turmhügelburg (moth), which remains on three moderate hill tops in a row, tower hill and residues of the tower foundation, in the field of today's community Linau in circuit Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein located.
Building
The still existing foundation walls of the keep suggest that they were more than two meters thick, consisting of unhewn boulders, combined with Segeberger lime. The Burgplatz will have been around 500 × 100 meters, not including the farm buildings, which must have been a little further away. The actual castle was on a hill of about 3½ meters. The moat , a part of which can still be seen today, was connected to the Bille , which originated nearby.
In addition to the once sovereign Glambek Castle on Fehmarn, it is probably the only remaining medieval stone castle in Schleswig-Holstein, still preserved as a modest ruin with rising masonry, whose once numerous noble castles of the 11th to 15th centuries of the Motte type (cf. the freely reconstructed tower hill castle Lütjenburg ) were mostly made of wood on mounds of earth.
history
Linau was first mentioned in 1230. At the end of the 13th century, the robber barons of Scharpenberg built the fortified castle here. The castle allowed a view of the old Hamburg - Lübeck road , and thus the surveillance of passing travelers and merchants. In 1291, the Wendish princes and cities as well as the dukes of Lauenburg united against the robber barons, among whom the Scharpenberg at Linau Castle held an outstanding position. One of the aims was to destroy Linau Castle. In the peace treaty of Deitzow it was agreed that the Scharpenberg should grind their castle themselves. This also took place, but did not prevent the robber barons from rebuilding the castle afterwards and continuing their activities. For a long time it was assumed that this first castle was about 2 km away on the Linauer Oberteich, but during the excavation in 2018 a layer of fire was found that proves the demolition of the old castle in the same place.
The Lübeck chronicler Detmar mentions that the castle had been restored in 1308 . In 1312 Count Gerhard II of Holstein-Plön moved against Linau Castle and shot at it with Bliden . The castle withstood all attacks unscathed. Built in 1326 , Count Johann mildness the castle Trittau near the border with the Holstein defense against the Linauer and put a garrison there. There was a fight in Borstorf, from which Count Johann emerged as the victor with many prisoners and rich booty. But even this victory could not prevent the further raids of the Scharpenberg. In 1338 another unsuccessful attack by Hamburg and Lübeck on the castle took place.
It was not until 1344 that the power of Linau Castle was amicably broken when the dukes of Saxony-Lauenburg , Erich I and his son Erich II , bought the castle from the brothers Heino and Lüdeke von Scharpenberg. This meant that there was no longer any danger from Linau Castle - but the Scharpenbergs relocated and continued their mischief from Dartsingen Castle (now Neuhaus Office ) on the Elbe. From here they recaptured Linau Castle as early as 1347.
In 1349, however, the Scharpenbergs, after having held their own for about 70 years, were finally put down. Counts Gerhard and Johann von Holstein-Plön, Adolf von Holstein-Pinneberg , Duke Erich von Lauenburg as well as the Lübeck and Hamburg residents formed an alliance and besieged Linau Castle for three weeks. The people of Hamburg and Lübeck alone had raised 2,500 men. Although the Scharpenbergs had made good provisions, they could not withstand this overwhelming force. After the Hamburg had sent reinforcements, the Scharpenbergs surrendered after three weeks of siege on September 23, 1349. 1500 Hamburgers and Lübeckers tore down the walls and the tower, so that the Linau fortress was razed to the ground. The Scharpenbergs remained in possession of the Linau lands after their defeat.
The foundation walls of the tower are still in place today. They were uncovered and renovated in 2018. A later brick kiln was found in the foundation walls .
Web links
- Entry on Linau Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- burg-linau.de
- Linau Castle on kuladig.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Linau Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- ^ About Linau Castle: Karl Wilhelm Struwe, Linau Castle. A contribution to medieval feuds . In: District of the Duchy of Lauenburg , Part II, arr. from the Schleswig-Holstein State Museum for Prehistory and Early History with the State Office for Prehistory and Early History, Schleswig and the Institute for Prehistory and Early History of the University of Kiel ( Guide to the Archaeological Monuments of Germany 2), Stuttgart 1983, pp. 109–113
- ↑ Lübeck document book, vol. 1 (1139–1300) nos. 571 and 572
- ↑ History of Linau Castle
- ↑ a b Linau Castle on kuladig.de