Hüneburg (Wechmar)
| Hueneburg | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Hühneberg | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, hillside location | |
| Conservation status: | Get digging | |
| Standing position : | Local nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone masonry | |
| Place: | Three of a kind | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 52 '6.3 " N , 10 ° 44' 31.6" E | |
| Height: | 375 m above sea level NN | |
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The former castle Hüneburg was still in the Middle Ages existing fortifications on the western edge of present-day military training camp Ohrdruf in the district of Gotha in Thuringia .
location
The remains of the hillside castle ( 375 m above sea level ) are located about four kilometers southwest of Wechmar, on a slope sloping towards the apple city within the boundaries of today's military training area. In the 19th century, the closest settlement was the Hundsbrunn estate about 1.5 km to the southeast. The Kupferstrasse, an old road that crosses Central Thuringia in an east-west direction towards Hohenkirchen , ran near this estate . In sight of the castle, the Kupferstrasse passed a ford in the apple city.
history
Little is known about the castle. It is said to have been destroyed in a campaign against the Thuringian robber barons in 1290. An important coin treasure of several thousand bracteates from the late 13th century fits into this period ; it was found in the ground near the castle site (while building a road?). Because of its topographical proximity to the former Hundsbrunn estate, it can be considered as the ancestral home of the Lords of Hundsbrunn .
literature
- Michael Köhler: "Chicken Castle". Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 144 .
Notes and sources
- ↑ The name Kupferstraße refers to the use of the road for the transport of Hungarian copper ore, which was processed in Hohenkirchen in the 16th century using a technology kept secret by the Fuggers (Saigerhütte), which in addition to the increased copper yield also produced fine silver, making the enormous Transport costs across the Habsburg Empire could be compensated.