Convict Head Castle

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Convict Head Castle
Creation time : First mentioned 10th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : unknown
Place: Bark
Geographical location 51 ° 1 '40 "  N , 9 ° 17' 6.4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '40 "  N , 9 ° 17' 6.4"  E
Height: 269  m above sea level NN
Sträflingskopf Castle (Hesse)
Convict Head Castle

The castle convict head is an Outbound hilltop castle at 269  m above sea level. NN on a hill in the city forest about two kilometers south of the city center of the small town of Borken in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse .

The castle was first mentioned in the 10th century and was probably a small tower castle , the common name of which could indicate an execution site . Today's Burgstall shows no more remains.

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. 102.
  • Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: The convict head at Borken . In: Der Schwalm-Eder-Kreis 1986, pp. 191–192.
  • Heinrich Pitz: Ring walls and ramparts at the Schwalmpforte . In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies. New episode . Volume 72, 1961, pp. 21-44.

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