Eringaburg
| Eringaburg | ||
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 On the left you can see the ramparts, in the middle the moat |
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| Creation time : | Iron Age (?) | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Moat, ramparts | |
| Place: | Delligsen | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 54 '41.3 " N , 9 ° 49' 9.2" E | |
| Height: | 400 m above sea level NN | |
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The Eringaburg is an Iron Age or early medieval hill castle , which is located near Ammensen south of Delligsen (Holzminden district) on a foothill of the Hils . It is popularly known as the Hünenburg near Ammensen .
description
The east-facing mountain spur offers natural protection from attackers through steep slopes in the south and east, so that the fortification was able to protect the plateau with an approximately 300 m long arched wall and ditch system to the west / northwest. In the dense beech forest, the trench up to 2 m deep is particularly easy to see today.
Surname
The name Eringaburg appears for the first time in the large border description of the Diocese of Hildesheim, which Bishop Bernward commissioned in 1007: " ... et per rubram Leke in montem Salteri [the rare ]; de Salteri vero usque Eringabrug , inde Hilisesgroue [the Hilsmulde ] et sic in Bokle [unclear, maybe a beech forest ]; ... "(after Engelke 1934). In the boundary description of the Hilses ( Greene's register of inheritance) at the end of the 16th century it is mentioned as follows: At the Kleygrundt, the von Steinberg Holz boven at the Duestern Thale, and extends to under the Ammenser Castle , along the Ammenser Burgk to the Wenserburgk. "(In: Steinacker 1910). According to Schnath, the name suggests an Old Saxon complex, " namely the people's castle of the (East Westphalian) Aringos, which extended from Brüggen via Freden and Föhrste in the Leinetal and for whose" marrow "the place Garzen is documented by the Corveyer donation registers. " (Schnath 1925). The Eringaburg would thus be the castle of the Gau Aringon.
exploration
Archaeological excavations in the Eringaburg are still missing today. Remnants of the wall have not been found; During inspections in 1956, only a few blue-gray vessel fragments were found, which indicate that they were also used in the 11th – 12th centuries. Century. However, the facility may have to be counted among the early Iron Age fortifications in southern Lower Saxony (according to Heine 1995).
literature
- Karl Steinacker : The architectural and art monuments of the Gandersheim district. Wolfenbüttel: Zwissler, 1910, p. 422 f.
- Georg Schnath : Eringaburg and Kukesburg. NF2, 1925, pp. 49-55. In: News sheet for Lower Saxony's prehistory , Hildesheim: Lax, 1920–26
- Bernhard Engelke : The borders and districts of the older diocese of Hildesheim. With 1 card. - HannGbll NF Vol. 3, 1934/35, pp. 1-23
- Hermann Kleinau : Geschichtliches Ortverzeichnis des Landes Braunschweig A – K , In: Publications of the historical commission for Lower Saxony (Bremen and the former states Hanover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig and Schaumburg-Lippe) XXX, Geschichtliches Ortverzeichnis von Niedersachsen , 2, Land Braunschweig , August Lax Verlagbuchhandlung, Hildesheim 1967, p. 179 u. 309
- Hery A. Lauer : Archaeological walks in southern Lower Saxony. A guide to sights of prehistory and early history. Volume III, Angerstein: Verlag H. Lauer, 1988, p. 100
- Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Early castles and palaces in Lower Saxony. Guide to the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony 17. Hildesheim: 2nd edition 1995, p. 20
- Hans-Wilhelm Heine: The prehistoric and early historical castle walls in the administrative district of Hanover. Hannover 2000, ISBN 3-7752-5645-8 , pp. 134-135.
- Margret Zimmermann, Hans Kensche: Castles and palaces in Hildesheimer Land . Hildesheim, 2001, pp. 28-29
- Christian Leiber : Studies on the prehistory and early history of the Upper Weser area. Rahde / Westfalen: Leidorf, 2004, in the text volume pp. 105–115
- Erhard Cosack : The Hünenburg near Ammensen, Ldkr. Holzminden in: New research on the Latène period fortifications in the former district of Hanover , Neumünster, 2008, pp. 19–21
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann on Eringaburg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute