Felddieksboll

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Felddieksboll
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall, tower hill, moat
Place: Nortrup - Loxten
Geographical location 52 ° 35 '17.7 "  N , 7 ° 52' 28.9"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 35 '17.7 "  N , 7 ° 52' 28.9"  E
Felddieksboll (Lower Saxony)
Felddieksboll

The Felddieksboll is an Outbound Turmhügelburg (Motte) in the Gutsbezirk Loxten in Nortrup belonging woodland in the district of Osnabrück in Osnabrück district in Lower Saxony .

It is a one-piece moth on a round hill. The Felddieksboll has a height of 43.6 m above sea level and thus reaches 9 meters above the landscape. The hill is with moats surrounding (moats), for Felddieksboll heard an almost square Holzung the northeast concludes with a body of water. The tower hill castle was possibly a predecessor of the slightly distant moated castle Gut Loxten . The land map of the Osnabrück land survey of 1788 shows the woodwork in the Loxten district, in the northern part of which there is a piece of trench running from west to east. It is possible that this was a place of refuge.

literature

  • Georg Geers: Felddieksboll - The most impressive hilltop castle in the Osnabrück region In: Heimat-Hefte für Dorf und Kirchspiel Ankum , No. 7 Edition 2004
  • Nortrup municipality: 825 years of Nortrup - through the ages

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