Kalkburg
| Kalkburg | ||
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 The ring wall of the Kalkburg (2010) |
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| Creation time : | around 1337 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | duke | |
| Place: | Hörden am Harz | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 40 '25.7 " N , 10 ° 17' 58.6" E | |
| Height: | 244 m above sea level NN | |
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The Kalkburg is an abandoned hilltop castle near Hörden am Harz in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony .
location
The Burgstall is located about 1.1 km northeast of Hörden , about 3.5 km northwest of Herzberg am Harz and about 300 m southwest of the small settlement Aschenhütte , on the 244 m high local mountain , not far from where the Kleine Steinau joins the Sieber . Today only the remainder of a ring wall with a diameter of about 80 m reminds of the Kalkburg. On the east side, parts of the ring wall have been removed by a quarry. The hilltop is forested with beeches.
About 150 m north of the Kalkburg is the Aschenhütte pond , also known as the Schwarzer Pfuhl .
history
The Kalkburg was built by Duke Wilhelm II of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and was first mentioned in 1337 as Nyge Hos (New House). Since it was no longer mentioned after 1359, it was soon abandoned in favor of Herzberg Castle .
literature
- Uwe Ohainski and Jürgen Udolph: The place names of the district of Osterode , Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-89534-370-6 , p. 88
- Dietrich Denecke , Göttinger geographische Abhandlungen, Heft 54, 1969, The medieval and early modern network of roads and the facilities based on it, together with the settlements and economic centers in the area between Solling and Harz , supplement: overview map, Verlag Erich Goltze KG, Göttingen 1969
Web links
- Schwarzer Pfuhl at karstwanderweg.de , see chapter historical environment
- Aschenhütte at karstwanderweg.de , in it a brief mention of the Kalkburg