New Nieköhr castle wall
| New Nieköhr castle wall | |
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 Castle ramparts in winter |
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| Alternative name (s): | Moltkeburg |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | Wall and moat remains |
| Place: | Behren-Lübchin - New Nieköhr |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 57 '4 " N , 12 ° 35' 59" E |
The castle wall of Neu Nieköhr (popularly also " Moltkeburg ") is a good one kilometer southwest of Neu Nieköhr . This is a district of the municipality of Behren-Lübchin in the Rostock district . The Slavic castle wall is surrounded on all sides by extensive meadows.
According to old folk tradition, the whole of the surrounding meadow was originally a large lake , the floods of which washed around the castle wall . The shape of the fortification appears circular, but the original appearance is no longer recognizable as the wall is damaged. On the north-eastern side, earth was once dug up and used to improve the surrounding fields and meadows, as a result of which the castle wall lost about a tenth of its circumference. The inner castle surface of the wall is in places a little lower than its edge. On the south-western side a cut seems to be recognizable, which shows the former access route. According to old statements, a wooden bridge is said to have led over the damp meadows here. A ditch runs around the castle wall , which has been buried and overgrown in places, but is still recognizable.
During excavations in 1963/64 a vessel and a small horseshoe were found . The Moltkes were an old family of knights who owned the villages of Strietfeld , Walkendorf and Neu Nieköhr. It is believed that the Slavic ramparts were still used as a castle or settlement during the Christian Middle Ages .
literature
- Ewald Schuldt : The Slavic castles of Neu-Nieköhr / Walkendorf, Teterow district ; Schwerin, Museum of Prehistory and Early History 1967
