Sankt Ilgenhain Castle
| Sankt Ilgenhain Castle | ||
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| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, trench remains, small remains of stone | |
| Place: | Neustadt an der Orla | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 45 '50.8 " N , 11 ° 44' 29.4" E | |
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The Castle Sankt Ilgen grove is an Outbound hilltop castle in the immediate north near the small town of Neustadt an der Orla in Saale-Orla in Thuringia .
history
The former castle complex dates from the high Middle Ages , they say. Her remains were examined by interested citizens in 1889. A well, remains of walls from towers and houses were found. In 1820 there were still high remains of the wall above the surface of the earth.
A forester miller guarded the ground monument . However, he was shot by a Soviet soldier, so that his knowledge and possible documents have been lost. The farmers from the area were still cutting stones until 1970. The remaining stones are scattered as rubble around the former castle. With a practiced eye, you can still find the plateau in the area where the castle once stood.
In 1998, during excavations to the left of a small valley, the remains of a moat surrounded by walls on the left and right were found , which indicates a kennel .
literature
- Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jena 2003.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.daslebenist-live.de/sankt_ilgenhain.htm Retrieved on March 30, 2015