Humburg (Düren)
| Humburg | ||
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| Creation time : | 800 to 900 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Digging, foundation walls | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Catfish catching - Düren | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 18 '56.6 " N , 6 ° 41' 8.5" E | |
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The Humburg near Düren ( Wallerfangen municipality in the Saarlouis district in Saarland ) is a Salian castle site on a foothill of the Saargau .
history
Historically not tangible (the name Humburg is post-medieval) it is probably the seat of the Wallerfanger Counts Egilolf and Giselbert , who are mentioned in documents in the 10th and 11th centuries. Only small remnants of the hill fort have survived ; most of the castle area also fell victim to a sandstone quarry. A wide moat protected the attack side. Directly behind it, the foundations of a rectangular stone tower that can be dated to the 11th century could be established. Accordingly, it was a Salian tower castle . The other buildings were probably only made of wood.
There is a medieval copper tunnel near the castle site.
literature
- Horst Wolfgang Böhme (ed.): Castles of the Salierzeit , 2 vols., Sigmaringen 1991.
Single references
- ^ Roland WL Puhl: The districts and counties of the early Middle Ages in the Saar-Mosel area, Diss., Saarbrücken 1999, p. 457f.
- ↑ Edith Ennen: Giselbert, Graf in der Wallerfanger Grafschaft, in: Festschrift on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Dillinger Realgymnasium and the inauguration of the new building in Dr.-Prior-Straße, ed. by Dr. Aloys Lehnert, Dillingen / Saar, 1953, pp. 278-283.
- ↑ Pictures of the copper tunnel