Schildberg Castle (Lügde)

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Schildberg Castle
Schildberg Castle, site plan from 1916

Schildberg Castle, site plan from 1916

Alternative name (s): Shield castle
Creation time : 11th or 12th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, small remains
Place: Lie
Geographical location 51 ° 57 '41.8 "  N , 9 ° 15' 46.4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '41.8 "  N , 9 ° 15' 46.4"  E
Height: 255  m above sea level NN
Schildberg Castle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Schildberg Castle

The Castle Mountain sign or sign Burg is an Outbound Spur castle at 250-255 meters above sea level height on the plate hill west of the city Lügde in Lippe district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Only a few remains of the castle, which are protected as ground monuments , have survived.

description

Schildberg Castle consisted of an inner courtyard measuring approximately 0.15 hectares, which was surrounded by a 4-6 m deep and 6-10 m wide moat . Access was probably via a wooden bridge, which was additionally secured by a gatehouse and a rampart in front of it.

Large areas of the castle area are today destroyed by quarries. Some trench profiles and small parts of the inner surface have been preserved.

The Lippe State Museum carried out archaeological investigations on the Schildberg in 2017. According to initial findings, the development of the castle consisted of half-timbered buildings that burned down at an as yet undetermined point in time. Parts of the burned wooden structure and several shards of cooking vessels were found in a cellar that was examined. There was also a lime kiln and shards from the 10th century. The few finds made so far only allow a rough dating to the High Middle Ages, around the middle of the 11th to the middle of the 13th century.

literature

  • Friedrich Hohenschwert : Castle on the Schildberg near Lügde , in: "Pre- and early historical fortifications in Lippe". Lippe Studies, Vol. 4, Landesverband Lippe (Ed.). Münster 1978. ISBN 3-921428-21-1 , pp. 162-165
  • Friedrich Hohenschwert: Castle on the Schildberg near Lügde , in: Der Kreis Lippe II - Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany , Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-8062-0428-4 , pp. 197-199
  • Rainer Springhorn (Ed.): Burgen in Lippe (catalog of the Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold), Detmold 2002, p. 126

Web links

Commons : Burg Schildberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Hohenschwert: "Prehistoric and early historical fortifications in Lippe". Lippe Studies, Vol. 4, Landesverband Lippe (Ed.). Münster 1978. ISBN 3-921428-21-1 , pp. 162-165
  2. ^ Lippisches Landesmuseum: "On the trail of the Middle Ages near Lügde" (PDF)
  3. ↑ Castle ruins in Lippe are being excavated ( memento from October 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) at wdr.de from February 28, 2017