Wiedelah Castle

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Wiedelah Castle
Wiedelah Castle

Wiedelah Castle

Creation time : 1292 to 1297
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Remains of a renaissance castle
Place: Reunion
Geographical location 51 ° 57 '32.1 "  N , 10 ° 35' 31.8"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '32.1 "  N , 10 ° 35' 31.8"  E
Height: 129  m above sea level NHN

The Burg Wiedelah is a medieval moated castle in Wiedelah in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony in the catchment area of ​​the Ecker , of which a castle-like structure and the Eckergraben still exist.

description

At the end of the 13th century, as a result of the siege by Bishop Siegfried II, the Harliburg was destroyed. Therefore, two castles were built not far, one is Vienenburg Castle and the other is Wiedelah Castle.

The castle was built opposite the Harliburg and passed through the Lords of Gowisch to Bishop Heinrich III . The Hildesheim bishops pledged the castle several times.

Wiedelah Castle 1363; stylized representation on the grave slab of Bishop Heinrich III.

When the Lords of Schwicheldt from here as well as the Castle Lutter as robber barons operated, it was by a coalition of the Brunswick dukes and Hildesheim and Halberstadt bishops and the cities of Magdeburg , Braunschweig , Hildesheim , Halberstadt , Gottingen and Goslar recaptured.

After it fell to the Lords of Quitzow , it was expanded like a castle.

In the meantime conquered by Wallenstein , it came back to the chapter of Hildesheim Cathedral . It has been a domain since its dissolution in 1802 .

literature

  • Hans Adolf Schultz : Castles and palaces of the Braunschweiger Land , Braunschweig 1980, Wasserburg Wiedelah , pp. 88–89, ISBN 3-87884-012-8
  • Margret Zimmermann, Hans Kensche: Castles and palaces in Hildesheimer Land . Hildesheim, 2001, pp. 175-176

Web links

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