Teutleben castle ruins
| Teutleben castle ruins | ||
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 Remnants of the wall |
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| Creation time : | High medieval | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, small remains of a tower | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone masonry | |
| Place: | Teutleben | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 8 '0.7 " N , 11 ° 26' 59.6" E | |
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The Teutleben castle ruins are the ruins of a moated castle in the Teutleben district of the same name in the rural community of Buttstädt in the Sömmerda district in Thuringia , Germany .
location
The Teutleben castle ruins are located in Teutleben (on the Finns in Thuringia), southwest of the town's church, near the confluence of the Rheinbach and Rohrbach. The place Teutleben was mentioned for the first time in a document in 876 .
History and layout
The former moated castle Teutleben belonged to the Lords of Teutleben , who were mentioned in a document in 1140 as a "von Teutleben" ministerial family.
Teutleben Castle belongs to the moth type . A flattened and today still about three meter high, rectangular rubble hill with the dimensions of 55 × 47 meters has been preserved from the system. This is surrounded by a wide ditch and a flattened wall in front of it. On the hill there are still the remains of a round tower built from red sandstone , which may have been a residential tower .
literature
- State Office for Archeology: Archaeological hiking guide Thuringia - Sömmerda district . Issue 4. Kommissionsverlag Beier & Beran, Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-937517-24-3 , p. 80 .
- Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . 2nd expanded and revised edition. Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2003, ISBN 3-910141-56-0 , p. 279 .
- Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia - 430 castles, castle ruins and fortifications . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 283 .
Web links
- Teutleben castle ruins near Burgenwelt - castles and fortresses in Europe
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Archeology: Archaeological Hiking Guide Thuringia - District Sömmerda , p. 80
- ↑ Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia - 430 castles, castle ruins and fortress sites, p. 283 and State Office for Archeology: Archäologischer Wanderführer Thüringen - Landkreis Sömmerda , p. 80