Hankelsburg

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Hankelsburg
Creation time : 19th century
Conservation status: tore off
Place: Wilsbach
Geographical location 50 ° 42 '8.8 "  N , 8 ° 32' 26.2"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 42 '8.8 "  N , 8 ° 32' 26.2"  E
Height: 310  m above sea level NN
Hankelsburg (Hesse)
Hankelsburg

The Hankelsburg is a deserted courtyard northeast of Wilsbach , a district of Bischoffen in the Hessian Lahn-Dill district .

Geographical location

The Hankelsburg was located around 750 m (as the crow flies ) northeast of the church in today's village of Wilsbach. She stood near the mouth of coming from the east diaper Bach in the Aar influx Wilsbach on the south bank of the Wilsbachs to about 310  m above sea level. NN . The area is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Bergland Nature Park .

description

The Hankelsburg served as a rest stop on the Siegen-Marburg section of the Brabanter Straße , one of the most important continental west-east-oriented military and trade routes. Travelers could change their horses there.

A building erected in the 19th century was probably demolished at the beginning of the 20th century.

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The Hankelsburg is mentioned in the following sources:

  • Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. For the year 1841. P. 183 in the Google book search

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. Hankelsburg. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of July 31, 2012). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on July 27, 2013 .