Grasburg (Rottleberode)
The Grasburg is an early historical refugee castle in the form of a hill fort with a wall and ditch system near Rottleberode in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt .
history
The grass castle in the Old Stolberg forest area called between Stempeda and Rottleberode in the southern Harz is the legend, the family seat of the counts of Stolberg . There are various theories about the descent of the Counts of Stolberg, none of which, however, could finally prevail.
This grass castle was inhabited from the 10th to the 12th century. In the 13th century, a pilgrimage chapel was built on the castle grounds , in which the annual church festival was celebrated until the 15th century. The chapel then fell into ruin, several parts of which have been preserved to this day. A gable wall with a broken choir opening and parts of the choir and nave walls have been preserved. Another arched window can be seen in the south wall of the choir.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ For example, recorded for St. Stephen's Day (= August 3) 1497 at Craßburg .
- ↑ http://www.karstwanderweg.de/gras_bg.htm Retrieved from the Internet on March 27, 2014
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '6 " N , 10 ° 56' 5.6" E