Lechtenburg
| Lechtenburg | ||
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| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Elsfleth -Lienen | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 12 '6.5 " N , 8 ° 27' 54.4" E | |
| Height: | 1 m | |
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The Lechtenburg was a Niederungsburg south of Elsfleth in the Wesermarsch district in Lower Saxony .
The ruin is on the banks of the Hunte opposite the Ollen estuary.
history
Around 1240 Otto I (Oldenburg) was lord of the castle.
literature
- Georg Ruseler : The fight for the Lechtenburg. Published on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the heroic downfall of the Stedinger peasant people near Altenesch on May 27, 1234. Schulze, Oldenburg 1934. 32 pages
- Georg Ruseler: The fight for the Lechtenburg: (Stedingen 1204) The traitor: (Hartwarden 1514). Two local history stories / Georg Ruseler. Revised by Hans Dirks. [Ed .: Heimatverein Varel eV] Heimatverein Varel, Varel 1995. ISBN 3-924113-16-5