Löwenburg (Lauenberg)
| Löwenburg | ||
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 Remnants of the wall of the Löwenburg |
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| Alternative name (s): | Lauenburg | |
| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1388 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Dassel - Lauenberg | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 45 '58.1 " N , 9 ° 45' 19.9" E | |
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The Löwenburg , also called Lauenburg , is the ruin of a high medieval hilltop castle in the Lauenberg district of Dassel in Lower Saxony .
description
The remains of the castle complex are to the west of Lauenberg on a mountain spur above the Dieße valley . The fortifications were naturally protected by steep slopes in the east and west. Two trade routes could be seen from the castle . This was the way from Einbeck to Uslar and the way from Hann. Münden to Eschershausen .
There are some pieces of wall and part of a wall from an earlier building on the remains of the castle complex. The remnant of the wall made of red sandstone with two window openings is about 10 meters high and three meters wide. It belonged to an 11 × 17 meter building on a rock base in a central location within the castle complex. It is therefore to be regarded as the former main building, which is a bower , a Muthaus , a palace or a residential tower could have acted.
history
The first documentary mention of the castle as slosz Lewenberg comes from the year 1388. As with many other fortifications, the name of the castle can be traced back to the Middle Low German word löuwe, lauwe, lōwe, lēwe = " lion " and thus to a popular heraldic animal.
From its first mention in 1388 until 1530, the castle was the seat of an administrative and judicial district and was owned by the Dukes of Braunschweig and Lüneburg . Since after 1530 no more written mentions of the castle are known, it can be assumed that the complex was abandoned during this time. The castle fell into disrepair during the 16th century. On the map of the Solling made by Johannes Krabbe in 1602 there is the entry “Wüstehauß Lauwenberg”, which indicates that the castle was in ruins at that time. The first measures to restore the ruins were taken in 1907. A survey of the fortifications and their environment led students of Geoinformatics of the University of Hannover by the year of 2010.
literature
- Markus C. Blaich , Sonja Stadje, Kim Kappes: Löwenburg, also Lauenburg in: Die Heldenburg bei Salzderhelden, castle and residence in the Principality of Grubenhagen , (= guide to the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony. 32) Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg, 2019, p. 111-112
Web links
- Entry by Jens Friedhoff zu Löwenburg im Solling in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ^ Kirstin Casemir, Franziska Menzel, Uwe Ohainski: The place names of the district of Northeim . Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2005, p. 239f. ISBN 3-89534-607-1