Half deck

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Coat of arms of those of Haldeck

Haldeck (e) is a lost castle on the Halteckenberge above Freyburg (Unstrut) .

history

Nothing is known about their origin, appearance and their departure. It was located at the end of a mountain spur projecting to the southwest, just southwest of today's Hotel Edelacker, 0.3 km east of the old town. Wäscher and Grimm assume a two- to three-part aristocratic castle in the 12th to 14th centuries. It is possible that Hermann II von Werben († 1269, from the Meinheringer family ), who had acquired the landgrave burgraviate of Neuchâtel , built Haldeck Castle. It is also possible that it was built as a burgrave office on behalf of the landgrave. Hermann II used this as his official residence, but named himself after his place of employment Burgrave of Neuchâtel ( Burggravius ​​de novo castro ). (The naming after the place of employment was introduced towards the end of the 12th century). From 1225 a burgrave Hermann II of Neuchâtel is documented. The lords of Werben provided several burgraves "of Neuchâtel" until 1297. When the castle / burgrave office was no longer needed, the castle could have been abandoned. The Knights of Haldecke were probably just the castle men who named themselves after her.

The burgstadil half-ceiling is mentioned here for the last time in the loan book of Friedrich dem Strengen 1349/1359 and in the possession of Heydil de Grost (von Gröst). It is not known when Haldeck Castle was abandoned. Presumably it was razed like many other castles after the Count's War.

literature

  • Rüdiger Bier: 1500 years of history and stories of the manorial seats for church and castle divisions . Self-published by Rittergut Kirchscheidungen 2009, pp. 87–157
  • Hermann Wäscher, Karl-Heinz Kukla: Castles on the lower course of the Unstrut: The Neuchâtel. State Museum of Neuchâtel Castle, 1963
  • Paul Grimm: The prehistoric and early historical castle walls of the districts of Halle and Magdeburg. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1958 (= manual of prehistoric ramparts and weir systems, edited by Wilhelm Unverzagt, part 1 = German Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Writings of the Section for Prehistory and Early History, Volume 6)