Dreienburg castle ruins

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Dreienburg castle ruins
Remains of the wall of the Dreienburg castle ruins on the steeply sloping terrain spur (view to the east)

Remains of the wall of the Dreienburg castle ruins on the steeply sloping terrain spur (view to the east)

Alternative name (s): Dreygenburg, old cellar
Creation time : around 1257
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Wall remains, neck ditch
Place: Kuppenrhön , Friedewald - Lautenhausen , Hesse
Geographical location 50 ° 51 '52 "  N , 9 ° 52' 37"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '52 "  N , 9 ° 52' 37"  E
Height: 441  m above sea level NHN
Dreienburg castle ruins (Hesse)
Dreienburg castle ruins

The Dreienburg castle ruins , popularly known as Alter Keller , are the ruins of a spur castle in the south- eastern part of the Dreienberg in the district of the Hessian municipality of Friedewald in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district .

Geographical location

The Dreienburg castle ruins are located in the Kuppenrhön , a part of the Rhön low mountain range , near Lautenhausen (southeastern part of Friedewald) on the eastern slope of the Linsenkuppe ( 515  m above sea  level ) and thus on the southeast part of the Dreienberg (max. 525  m above sea level ) , the northernmost mountain of the Rhön.

The spur of the terrain , on which the ruin is located at around 441  m above sea level, protrudes in an easterly direction into the valley of the Starkelsbach , a western tributary of the Werra . From here, nowadays only through the trees, you have a wide view of the Werra Valley and the Kuppenrhön (including Landeck Castle ). Lautenhausen lies to the northeast, about 105 m below the ruin, which is practically on the boundary of Friedewald and its district.

history

The time when the castle was built , which was probably commissioned by the Hersfeld Abbey as a protective castle against Hesse, is not known.

The first documentary mention took place in 1257, when the lord of the castle Hertwig von Drigenberg was named. In 1296 a Wolprat was called de Drigenberck. The ruin was mentioned for the last time in 1641.

Neck moat with a view of the castle hill

investment

The ruins of the castle ruins of Dreienburg, which are now a cultural monument , can still be seen from the watchtower and the neck moat .

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg publishing house. Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 . P. 179f.

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