Hünenburg near Dransfeld

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Hünenburg near Dransfeld
East side of the castle stable with information board

East side of the castle stable with information board

Alternative name (s): Middle High German  
Huonenburch, Huonenburg
Creation time : 9-11 century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : unknown
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Dransfeld
Geographical location 51 ° 31 '54.4 "  N , 9 ° 45' 47.4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '54.4 "  N , 9 ° 45' 47.4"  E
Height: 440  m above sea level NN
Hünenburg near Dransfeld (Lower Saxony)
Hünenburg near Dransfeld

The Hünenburg in Dransfeld (actually Huonenburg ) was an early medieval Spur castle , which is about 3200 meters north of the present-day Dransfeld , in the field of patch Adelebsen in southern Lower Saxony in Göttingen district was.

location

The castle complex southeast of the hamlet Adelebsener Güntersen and southwest of the district Barterode lay on a spur of the expiring southwest Ossenbergs to nearly 440 meters above the valley of the Auschnippe in nature reserve Ossenberg - Fehr Busch . Around 1978 the basalt dikes on the castle grounds were examined and geologically and petrographically described.

description

The castle complex was about 120 × 120 m in size. The surrounding wall that is visible today has a mortar shell wall made of quarry stone, which was found in excavations in 1955, as its core. The castle is protected in the north, west and south by steep slopes, in the east the wall was preceded by a moat that runs south into the valley. Ceramic shards from the 9th to 11th centuries were found in and near the castle. Century found. Approximately in the middle of the system there is a depression that was interpreted as the remains of a pit house . A bastion was found on the southeast corner , which was probably added later. The only gate of the castle was excavated on the south side near the southeast corner, there the walls lead to a kind of pincer gate inside. Joachim Jünemann published partly deviating interpretations and theses on other installations after radiesthetic examinations. The castle complex, also described as the Carolingian - Ottonian castle wall , is classified as a hill fort and a refuge . Smaller excavation finds, which are assigned to ceramic vessels, for example, are owned by the district archeology and can be viewed at any time.

history

A written mention of the Hünenburg is received in a document with which on June 15, 1348, among other things, annual income from land was sold, including 15 Pfennig from eyner breyden, de bi der Hu (o) neborch lid . The text is printed in the document book of the Hilwartshausen monastery ; Whether the castle was still in use at this point in time or - more likely - had already been destroyed, is not clear from the text. The function of the Hünenburg has not been conclusively clarified, but it is located in an area that was populated at an early stage near an old route. Archaeological test excavations were carried out by Fritz Bertram Jünemann in 1955/56 and Hans-Günter Peters in 1965/66.

In 2015, extensive forestry work was carried out in the area of ​​the Hünenburg, an area of ​​the wall at the new information point was cleared of trees and the former access for hikers on the north side of the facility and the circular path on the wall were removed. Instead, an observation platform with an information board was set up on the east side outside the trench.

Todays use

The Hünenburg as a recognized ground monument is a cultural monument within the meaning of the Lower Saxony Monument Protection Act . It should not be entered again without permission. The Lower Saxony State Forests maintain and maintain the facility through natural and gentle forest management. In close coordination, an attempt is made to bring the interests of forestry, monument and nature conservation as well as those of the visitors into harmony.

literature

  • Fritz Bertram Jünemann: Older excavation results at the Hünenburg near Dransfeld. In: The customer. NF 17, 1966, pp. 91-110.

Web links

Commons : Hünenburg near Dransfeld  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the Middle Ages, the “uo” diphthong was usually marked as a diacritical mark with “uͦ”, for example in the Hilwartshausen monastery record book (see below).
  2. ↑ The Hünenburg. Fortifications from the early Middle Ages (9th-11th centuries). Information board on the viewing platform on the east side of the Hünenburg.
  3. ↑ Joachim Jünemann: Findings about the Hünenburg on the Ossenberge near Dransfeld . J. Jünemann, Dransfeld 1982, DNB  830214437 , p. 16-19 .
  4. ↑ Martin Last: The early history of the Göttingen area up to the Carolingian period . In: Dietrich Denecke , Helga-Maria Kühn (Hrsg.): From the beginnings to the end of the Thirty Years War (=  Ernst Böhme et al. [Hrsg.]: Göttingen. History of a university town . Volume 1 ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1987, ISBN 3-525-36196-3 , pp. 5–11, here: p. 6 .
  5. ↑ a b c Hünenburg ground monument. In: göttinger stadtinfo, accessed on April 28, 2017.
  6. ^ Manfred von Boetticher : Document book of the Hilwartshausen monastery . Göttingen-Grubenhagener Urkundenbuch, Section 4 (=  publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen . Volume  208 ). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2001, ISBN 3-7752-6008-0 , p. 157 ( limited preview (line 2, at the end) in the Google Book search).
  7. ^ Hans-Günter Peters: The early historical fortifications in southern Lower Saxony . In: Göttingen and the Göttinger Becken (=  Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz [Hrsg.]: Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments . Volume 16 ). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1970, DNB  456682597 , p. 85 .
  8. ↑ Joachim Jünemann: Findings about the Hünenburg on the Ossenberge near Dransfeld . J. Jünemann, Dransfeld 1982, DNB  830214437 , p. 13 .
  9. ↑ Hans-Günter Peters: The Hünenburg near Dransfeld . In: Göttingen and the Göttinger Becken (= Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz [Hrsg.]: Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments . Volume 16 ). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1970, DNB  456682597 , p. 132 .