Hunburg (Betziesdorf)

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Hunburg Castle
Location of the departed Hunburg opposite the Hainmühle

Location of the departed Hunburg opposite the Hainmühle

Alternative name (s): Honneburg, Honnburg
Creation time : 1100 to 1200 (before 1280)
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Burgstall, mound remains
Place: Betziesdorf
Geographical location 50 ° 50 '54.7 "  N , 8 ° 50' 15.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 '54.7 "  N , 8 ° 50' 15.1"  E
Height: 206  m above sea level NN
Hunburg (Hesse)
Hunburg
View of the Hainmühle from the location of the Hunburg.

The Hunburg is a lost moated castle opposite the Hainmühle an der Ohm in the Betziesdorf district of the small town of Kirchhain in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse .

When and by whom it was built is not documented. The small tower castle , surrounded by a circular wall , was built in the 12th century to secure an ohmic transition from the old Lahnberg-Höhenweg towards Burgwald and probably destroyed around 1250 by the troops of Duchess Sophie von Brabant . Around 1283 the complex was already described as desolate .

In the 19th century, the originally higher tower hill was demolished because of a road construction. Visible structural remains are no longer there.

literature

Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 252. Willi Görich: The Hunburg near the Betziesdorfer Hainmühle ; in: From the past of our homeland , No. 90, Marburg 1952

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