Laschendorf castle wall
| Laschendorf castle wall | ||
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 Laschendorf castle wall |
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| Alternative name (s): | Werleburg, Weiberburg, Laschendorf Castle | |
| Creation time : | 10th to 11th centuries | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Wall and moat remains | |
| Construction: | Wood-earth construction | |
| Place: | Malchow (Mecklenburg) - Laschendorf | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 28 '58 " N , 12 ° 26' 51" E | |
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The castle wall of Laschendorf , a district of the town of Malchow (Mecklenburg) in the Mecklenburg Lake District , is a Slavic castle wall . It is located northwest of the village in the forest on the Fleesensee .
The small hill fort has a diameter of 50 meters and was protected like a kind of island by the nearby water during the Slav period. Some researchers assume that this castle complex was the historic Malchow Castle, which was mentioned in writing in 1147 and 1164 in the course of the Wendenkreuzzüge . Henry the Lion besieged the castle town for the first time in 1147 and was able to take it. There is also talk of having a pagan temple of the castle residents destroyed. It is said to have been a little outside the fortifications. Malchow Castle was now under German sovereignty. In 1164 the rebellious Obodrite prince Pribislaw recaptured some former Slavic fortresses, including Malchow. Then Heinrich the Lion undertook a second campaign against Pribislaw and moved again in front of Malchow Castle. Pribislaw's brother, Wertislaw , who was captured in 1163 , was publicly hanged in Malchow on the Trostberg. Pribislaw withdrew from Malchow Castle and entrenched himself in Demmin, where the battle of Verchen took place on Lake Kummerower , which the Slavs lost with heavy losses. Pribislaw then finally submitted to Heinrich the Lion and from 1167 became a loyal companion of Heinrich.
Monument protection
The castle stable of the ramparts is a ground monument according to the monument protection law of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, and accidental finds are reported to the monument authorities.
literature
- Erich Martin: Visit of historically significant sites in the area of Malchow, Werleburg castle wall. In: Malchower Tageblatt. 1998, 4, p. 5.
- Hartmut Schmied: Werleburg or Weiberberg. In: The black leaders. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2001, pp. 84–86.
