Neuenberg Castle

Neuenberg Castle
	Remains of the walls of Neuenberg Castle
Alternative name (s):	Neuchâtel
Creation time :	12th Century
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	ruin
Standing position :	Count
Place:	Scheel
Geographical location	51 ° 3 '24.4 " N , 7 ° 26' 43.2" E Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '24.4 " N , 7 ° 26' 43.2" E
Height:	250 m above sea level NN

The castle Neuenberg even Neuchatel called, is the medieval ruins of a hilltop castle on 250 m above sea level. NN near the village of Scheel , municipality of Lindlar , Oberbergisches Land , North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

The historical findings of the castle indicate that it was built in the 12th century. It was first mentioned in a document in 1433. Neuenberg Castle belonged to the domain of the sovereign and was therefore owned by the Counts of Berg .

In 1273 the Counts of Berg pledged the Bailiwick of Gummersbach , to which Gimborn Castle also belonged, to the Counts of the Mark . The Leppe river thus became the border between Berg and Mark and Neuenberg Castle, a border fortress. Neuenberg Castle was sovereign property of the Counts of Berg.

Neuenberg Castle

County Mark, detail (Sanson 1692). The map shows the location of Neuenberg Castle in the border area between Berg and Mark

During the Thirty Years' War it was captured and destroyed by the Swedes as the seat of the Steinbach office around 1640. Due to the severe damage, it was razed around 1662 .

Today parts of the outer walls, the entrance and the moat are still standing.

A short footpath leads to the Zwergenloch , a seven meter long limestone and stalactite cave.

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