Small manor castle
| Small manor castle | ||
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| Castle type : | Hill castle, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, castle hill | |
| Place: | Werther - OT Mauderode | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 32 '41.4 " N , 10 ° 41' 13.8" E | |
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The Kleine Herrenburg is an abandoned hilltop castle of the castle type of a tower hill castle (Motte) on the hill by today's cemetery in the southern part of the Mauderode district of the Werther municipality in the Nordhausen district in Thuringia .
history
The Burgstall shows an artificially raised circular hill about 30 meters in diameter, next to it a circular ditch with a rampart and a linden tree . There is a note on the hill to the Herrenburg. The proximity to the church and the former knight's seat “Alter Hof” point to the former site in the district. The artificial castle hill is evidence of a former moth .
See also
literature
- Karl Meyer: On the older history of the village of Mauderode. In: From the home. Sunday paper of the Nordhausen Courier , No. 19, 1893. Digital full-text edition in NordhausenWiki
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Stolberg: Mauderode, Burghügel. In: Fortifications in and on the Harz from early history to modern times. 1968, Retrieved April 29, 2015 .