Falkenburg (Kyffhauser)

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Falkenburg
Falkenburg ruins

Falkenburg ruins

Creation time : 1100 to 1200
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Residential tower remnants
Standing position : Local nobility
Place: Rottleben
Geographical location 51 ° 22 '30.9 "  N , 11 ° 2' 16.2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '30.9 "  N , 11 ° 2' 16.2"  E
Height: 190  m above sea level NN
Falkenburg (Thuringia)
Falkenburg

The Falkenburg is a ruined castle in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia . The ruins of the hilltop castle are at 190  m above sea level. NN above the Barbarossa cave between the villages of Rottleben and Steinthaleben on the southwestern edge of the Kyffhauser .

history

The castle, which probably only consisted of a residential tower surrounded by a deep moat , was probably built in the middle of the 12th century at the latest, but was only mentioned in documents in 1349 as the seat of Heinrich von Falkenburg. In 1458, now a robber baron's castle , it was conquered and destroyed by a large army. The army was sent by an alliance of the cities of Erfurt , Nordhausen , Mühlhausen with Saxe-Weimar , Schwarzburg , Hohnstein , Stolberg and the Electoral Mainz Eichsfeld . From the former Falkenburg only a single larger wall of the residential tower and the remains of a cistern are left.

Structural matters

The Falkenburg, situated on a limestone plateau, had a square floor plan, which was enclosed by a one and a half meter thick castle wall. The usable area was 31 m 2 , the courtyard area 18 m 2 .

literature

  • Sven Ostritz (Ed.): Archaeological Hiking Guide Thuringia, Issue 13: Kyffhäuserkreis . Kommissionsverlag Beier & Meran, Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-941171-58-9 , pp. 24-25.
  • Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . 2nd expanded and revised edition. Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2003, ISBN 3-910141-56-0 , p. 107.
  • Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia - 430 castles, castle ruins and fortifications . 1st edition. Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , pp. 158-159.
  • Günter Stein: The Falkenburg in Kyffhäuser. New dating results. , In: Burgen und Schlösser - Journal for Castle Research and Monument Preservation , Vol. 1, No. 2 (1960), ISSN-Print: 0007-6201, ISSN-Internet: 2567-3041. P. 19 f.

Web links

Commons : Falkenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Stein: The Falkenburg in the Kyffhäuser. New dating results. , In: Burgen und Schlösser - Journal for Castle Research and Monument Preservation , Vol. 1, No. 2 (1960), ISSN-Print: 0007-6201, ISSN-Internet: 2567-3041. P. 19
  2. ↑ Falkenburg castle ruins. In: Excursion destinations in the Harz. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .