The castle
| The castle | ||
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.jpg) The mountain called the castle in the background |
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| height | 594.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Burbach ; District of Siegen-Wittgenstein , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Southern Hellerbergland , Siegerland or Westerwald | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 44 '16 " N , 8 ° 4' 2" E | |
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The castle is located southwest of Burbach , 594.5 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district . The mountain belongs to the southern Hellerbergland in the south of the Siegerland , which covers the Westerwald to the north.
On the mountain, the remains of a 2500 years old today Fliehburg the Celts to detect. The Buchhellertal , through which the Buchheller flows, lies southwest to west . The Peterszeche mine was in this valley, and the Eisenkaute mine to the south on the mountainside .
literature
- Torsten Capelle: Wall castles in Westphalia-Lippe. Published by the Antiquities Commission for Westphalia, Münster 2010, ISSN 0939-4745 , p. 18. No. XIX ( Early Castles in Westphalia special volume 1 )