High hill

The Hohe Schanze is a 326 m high mountain with an early medieval castle on Rennstieg near Winzenburg in the southern Sackwald in the Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony .

description

There were finds from the Stone Age and the Iron Age at the castle site . The castle complex was probably fortified by earth walls with palisades . Today the former facility is taken over by nature. The foundations of several buildings are still there, including probably a Carolingian church and defense towers. There are still remnants of walls that are clearly visible, but in places they are covered by bushes and shrubs. On a historical educational trail, the sites are explained with panels and diagrams.

Surname

The current name of the castle is derived from the mountain "Hohe Schanze" on which it stands. The name could also refer to the fortification of the castle as a jump . Different sources also mention the names Oldenburg, Ohlenburg or Olenborg.

Fortifications nearby

• Eringaburg
• Greene Castle
• Hausfreden Castle
• Dörhai (ramparts)
• Tiebenburg
• Läsekenburg
• Winzenburg Castle
• Ohlenburg

Dörhai, Burg Winzenburg and the Tiebenburg are in the immediate vicinity only a few hundred meters from the Hohe Schanze.

literature

• Hans-Wilhelm Heine : The prehistoric and early historical castle walls in the administrative district of Hanover. Hannover 2000, ISBN 3-7752-5645-8 , pp. 131-133.
• Margret Zimmermann, Hans Kensche: Castles and palaces in Hildesheimer Land . Hildesheim, 2001, pp. 182-183

Web links

• Entry by Gudrun Pischke zu Winzenburg, Hohe Schanze in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
• Hohe Schanze in the southern Sackwald
• Count Ricdag - owner of the castle around 800
• Map with fortifications in the Winzenburg area

Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '  N , 9 ° 58'  E