Hünenburg (Bad Pyrmont)
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| Creation time : | 9th to 10th centuries | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Place: | Bad Pyrmont- Oesdorf | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 59 '7.1 " N , 9 ° 16' 18.4" E | |
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The Hünenburg is the ruin of a hilltop castle on the Königsberg near the Oesdorf district of the city of Bad Pyrmont in the Hameln-Pyrmont district in Lower Saxony . The Hünenburg is the oldest ruin in the region.
In 1910, the remains of a residential tower surrounded by ramparts and ditches were uncovered. Excavations of shards, knives, horseshoes, nails and sickles suggest that the castle complex, which was expanding to the west, was founded in the period from the 9th to 10th centuries. Probably the castle perished in a fire around 1100.
The remnants of the wall of the square residential tower with corner blocks, which have been preserved up to man's height, show a wall thickness of 0.80 meters with an outer 0.90 meter thick stone packing in mortar and a northwest window opening. Inside there is a stone staircase. In front of the moat , pit houses measuring 3.50 meters by 2.20 meters were found, which have parallels to Franconian royal courts and Saxon manor castles.
An archaeological investigation was carried out in 1910 by a citizen from Pyrmont interested in history and Otto Weerth from Detmold. It led to finds from around 1100 to the second half of the 12th century.
literature
- Kurt Brüining (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany, Lower Saxony / Bremen . Stuttgart, 1986
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann zu Hünenburg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Hünenburg , waldeck-pyrmont.de
- Hünenburg , burgenwelt.de