Niederschlitz Castle
Niederschlitz Castle | ||
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Alternative name (s): | Unterschlitz, Burgscheidel | |
Creation time : | First mentioned in the 12th century | |
Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall, castle hill | |
Place: | slot | |
Geographical location | 50 ° 40 '47.5 " N , 9 ° 34' 4.4" E | |
Height: | 224 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Niederschlitz , also called Unterschlitz or popularly called Burgscheidel , is an abandoned tower hill castle (Motte) at 224 m above sea level. NN near the town of Schlitz in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse .
With the Vorderburg , Hinterburg with Hinterturm, Ottoburg , all of which were integrated into the city wall and formed the medieval fortifications of Schlitz, with the Schachtenburg , the Hallenburg Castle just outside and the ruins of the Seeburg, there are seven castles in and around the city of Schlitz.
location
The Burgstall is located about 900 meters northeast below the old town of Schlitz, not far from the now disused train station.
history
The small tower castle was probably built in the 12th century by the von Schlitz family as a locking bolt on the old Hersfelder Landstrasse. The castle was destroyed in 1261 in the course of a collegiate feud against Abbot Heinrich von Hersfeld and Count Gottfried von Ziegenhain by Abbot Bertho von Leibolz from Fulda and not rebuilt.
A flattened 1.5 meter high castle hill with a diameter of 50 meters with a later built stone monolith still bears witness to the former castle, whose moats fed by the Schlitz are completely filled.
literature
- Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites . 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 224.
Web links
- Niederschlitz Castle, Vogelsbergkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Castle Niederschlitz at geocaching.com