Neu-Morungen Castle
| Neu-Morungen Castle | |
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 Ruin of the keep |
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| Creation time : | around 1266 |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains |
| Standing position : | Count |
| Place: | Morungen |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 31 '8.5 " N , 11 ° 13' 49.7" E |
The castle New Morungen is the ruins of a hilltop castle in Morungen in Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt .
The castle was a small imperial ministerial castle . It has been in ruins since the 16th century. She is associated with the minstrel Heinrich von Morungen .
history
The castle was evidently built as a replacement for Alt-Morungen Castle . The construction seems to go hand in hand with the abandonment of the old castle. Like the old castle, it was the seat of an imperial castle man . Since 1250 the Lords of Morungen existed as tenants of the Counts of Mansfeld . The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1266. In 1290 a burgrave of Morungen is mentioned. The rule Morungen was from the 13th century in varying sovereign possession. The following owners are proven:
- 1320 Thuringia ,
- 1323 Honstein and Mansfeld,
- 1408 Mansfeld,
- 1486 Saxony ,
- then again Mansfeld,
- 1655 Eberstein.
The use of the castle seems to have ended in the 15th century. As early as 1533 it was described as “completely desolate”.
literature
- Friedrich Stolberg : Fortifications in and on the Harz from early history to modern times. Lax Publishing House, Hildesheim 1983.
- Hermann Wäscher: Feudal castles in the districts of Halle and Magdeburg. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1962.
Web links
- Neu-Morungen Castle at burgenwelt.de
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun