Lueneburg (Mellnau)

Lueneburg Castle
Creation time :	11th or 12th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Wall remains
Place:	Mellnau
Geographical location	50 ° 57 '8.3 " N , 8 ° 44' 37.3" E Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '8.3 " N , 8 ° 44' 37.3" E
Height:	334 m above sea level NHN

The Lüneburg is the ruin of a spur castle at 334 m above sea level. NN near the district Mellnau of the city of Wetter in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hesse .

history

When and by whom the castle was built is not known. Almost 500 meters below the Christenberg there are ramparts and moats of a former castle on a wooded spur . Inside the oval wall there are remains of the foundations that suggest a rectangular building. The outer wall is still partially visible. Ceramic finds from the 11th / 12th centuries Century suggest that it was still inhabited at that time.

annotation

It may have been a predecessor of Mellnau Castle , which was later built in a more favorable location around 1248.

literature

Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3rd edition Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 255.
Georg Wilhelm Sante (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 4: Hessen (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 274). Unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-520-27403-5 .

Web links

Lüneburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).