Läsekenburg
| Läsekenburg | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Liesickenburg, Lieschenburg | |
| Creation time : | probably 15th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, foundations | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 56 '15.9 " N , 9 ° 58' 24.6" E | |
| Height: | 220 m above sea level NN | |
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The Läsekenburg is an Outbound hilltop castle in southern Sackwald in Hildesheim in Lower Saxony .
Location and description
The remains of the castle are about 800 meters southeast of the Hohe Schanze on a narrow ridge at 220 meters above sea level. To protect the castle complex, the ridge to the north was cut off by three transverse trenches . In the south there was a bailey .
Carl Schuchhardt carried out excavations on the castle site in 1895. On the basis of one meter thick wall foundations, he demonstrated a rectangular main castle . It was 130 meters long and 25 meters wide. This means that the system is precisely adapted to the narrow terrain. In the south-east were the foundations of a round tower with 1.2 meter thick walls and an interior two meters in diameter. The masonry was preserved up to a meter high and covered with burnt clay. This suggests that the top of the tower was made of wood and clay and was destroyed in a fire. The tower was probably the keep . Ceramic remains that allow a dating of the complex were not found.
The castle is historically mentioned in files in 1578 as Liesickenburg , which is popularly known as Lieschenburg . Schuchhardt saw it as a small mansion from the Middle Ages . There are assumptions that the owners of Hausfreden Castle , which was destroyed in 1402 , then built the Läsekenburg for themselves.
Fortifications nearby
- Eringaburg
- Greene Castle
- Hausfreden Castle
- Winzenburg Castle
- Tiebenburg
- High hill
- Ohlenburg
- Dörhai
literature
- Margret Zimmermann, Hans Kensche: Castles and palaces in Hildesheimer Land . Hildesheim, 2001, pp. 183-184.