Hunsdorf church ruins

Ruins of the Hunsdorf Church

The Hunsdorf church ruins are located between the villages of Steigerthal and Buchholz in the Nordhausen district in Thuringia .

It was the church of the fallen village of Hunsdorf , also called Hohnsdorf or Hunoldsdorf . There are only remains of ruins , a wall and a moat. You can still see the foundation walls of the former church.

history

After the village of Hunsdorf, described as intact in a border description in 1372 , was destroyed in the Flegler War in 1412 , the residents moved to Steigerthal and Buchholz. The desert has been a ground monument since 1952.

literature

• Karl Meyer: The Widen- or Weydenburgk between Petersdorf and Steigertal . In: Zeitschrift des Harzverein für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde , 53, 1920, pp. 79–80. Digital full-text output in NordhausenWiki

Web links

Commons : Hunsdorf church ruins  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Church ruins Hunsdorf at karstwanderweg.de
• Desert Hunsdorf near NordhausenWiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Readers' mail: Work in the church ruins in Hunsdorf near Steigerthal

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 51.8 "  N , 10 ° 51 ′ 47.7"  E