Dörhai

Dörhai is a high medieval rampart in the southern Sackwald in the Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony . It is located near the ruins of Burg Winzenburg .

Location and building description

The ramparts are located on a high plateau next to the Rennstieg between Winzenburg and Hornsen at an altitude of around 300 m.

The wall is about 1.5 m high. Masonry is not visible. The wall was probably secured with additional palisades for defense. No wall was built to the southwest because the slope of the blunt mountain nose drops off steeply there.

Fortifications nearby

• Eringaburg
• Greene Castle
• Hausfreden Castle
• Winzenburg Castle
• Tiebenburg
• High hill
• Ohlenburg
• Läsekenburg

literature

• Hans-Wilhelm Heine : To Dörhai near Winzenburg, Hildesheim district, a high medieval rampart
• Margret Zimmermann, Hans Kensche: Castles and palaces in Hildesheimer Land . Hildesheim, 2001, p. 181

Web links

• Entry by Gudrun Pischke and Stefan Eismann on Dörhai in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
• Dörhai in the southern sack forest
• Map with fortifications in the Winzenburg area

Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '56.8 "  N , 9 ° 57' 5.3"  E