Cheese castle
| Cheese castle | ||
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 Tower of the Käseberg Castle (2003) |
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| Alternative name (s): | Cheese mountain | |
| Creation time : | after 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Tower, moat and farm buildings preserved | |
| Standing position : | Local nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone masonry | |
| Place: | Bruheim | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 59 '59.7 " N , 10 ° 35' 3.5" E | |
| Height: | 257 m above sea level NN | |
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The former moated castle Käseburg (Steinhof) was a small fortification built in the Middle Ages on the outskirts of Brüheim in the Gotha district in Thuringia .
location
The structural remains of the Käseburg moated castle are located opposite the village church, in the south of the historical location of Brüheim, a municipality about twelve kilometers northwest of Gotha . The original facility is in a location protected by marshy meadows in the middle of the Nesse floodplain , which was included in the castle fortifications by weirs in the Middle Ages .
history
In the Nessetal, in addition to the people of Wangenheim , Lords of Erffa and others, the Knights of Brüheim also served as servants for the Landgraves of Thuringia . The first known representative of this family is Berthold von Brüheim, named in 1276. After the Wettin house war at the beginning of the 14th century, the cheese castle was in the hands of the Lords of Salza as a fief . The Wangenheimers followed them. In the 19th century, the tower's half-timbered tower was renewed.
Structural system
The castle complex of the type of a tower hill castle (Motte) consisted of the castle hill still existing today with a surrounding moat and the immediately west adjoining manor with its renovated residential buildings, the " Edelhof ". Little has been preserved of the farm buildings.
The tower, which is six by seven meters, was built in the 13th century and was built from rubble stones. It still has a remaining height of around 10 meters. On the north side you can see a key notch on the first floor .
The facility is a designated architectural and ground monument and is privately owned. The owners are renovating the facility.
literature
- Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia. 430 castles, castle ruins and fortifications . Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 70: Cheese Castle .
- Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag Köhler, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 153: Cheese Castle .
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Remarks
- ↑ The name Käseberg can be interpreted as a corruption for the castle hill, this mountain is hardly bigger than cheese.