List of German hilltop castles

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This is a list of German hill towers (moths) that are still preserved or documented today.

Reconstruction examples

Baden-Württemberg

  • Reconstructed Bach knights castle Kanzach with farm yard

  • Castle hill near the Schenkenseen with the western part of the inner ditch

  • The still visible tower hill of the
    castle to the mountains

Bavaria

  • Tower castle Alt-Berneck

  • Altcastell tower hill

  • Tower Hill of the Old Castle, today's view of the site

  • Burgstall Althegnenberg

  • Oberweißbrunn double tower hill

  • Tower hill castle Autengrün

  • Dietmannsried Castle

  • Motte Haidenschloss

  • Hechenberg tower hill

  • Kapellenberg tower hill

  • Burgstall Kissing

  • Rappershausen tower hill

  • Tower hill Rüssenbach

  • Burgstall castle hill

  • Tauperlitz tower hill castle

Brandenburg

  • Vehlefanz Castle, Castle Hill

Hesse

  • Hamlet hill

  • Schnepfenburg

  • Sinzigburg

  • Well mountain, view from the 2,013 documented Vorburg

  • the winning stick

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

463 hill towers are officially registered in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Tower hill castles existed in Mecklenburg from 1200, in Western Pomerania from 1230 and on Rügen from 1250. They usually stood for about 100 years and were replaced by castles or mansions.

Ludwigslust-Parchim district

  • Lehsen: Lehsen tower hill (built over with a burial chapel) in Lehsen
  • Zühr: Tower hill with a moat in the park of the Zühr manor near the city of Wittenburg

Mecklenburg Other areas

  • various places, several castle mounds in the area between Stuer and Röbel (Müritz)

- who can name these objects and assign them to locations? -

District of Mecklenburg Lake District

  • Conerow: Conerow castle ruins , tower hill with Bergfriedrest (brick building), Conerow , Mecklenburg Lake District
  • Quitzerow-Siedlung: Quitzerower Burg , northeast of Demmin near Quitzerow-Siedlung, formerly a fort of the city of Demmin

Vorpommern-Greifswald district

  • Tower hill "Stuer" Gützkow

  • Janow tower hill

  • Tower hill "Judenberg" Kagenow

  • Neetzow tower hill

  • Quilow tower hill (built over with castle)

  • Schmoldow tower hill

  • Tower hill "Grafenstuhl" Zinzow

  • Züssow tower hill

All objects are recorded in the list of soil monuments visible above ground:

  • Altwigshagen: Tower Hill Altwigshagen , with a rectangular trench, still carry water; on it former manor house
  • Altwigshagen: Wietstock tower hill ( Altwigshagen ), 20 m diameter, surrounding ditch
  • Anklam: Tower hill of the Hoher Stein (Anklam) guard tower , field station, Rome (Mecklenburg)
  • Anklam: Gellendin tower ( Anklam ), good state of preservation, with moat
  • Boldekow: Zinzow tower ( Boldekow ), FlN “Grafenstuhl”, on the Kavel pass, built with a brick viewing platform, monument: 1962
  • Brünzow: Kräpelin tower hill ( Brünzow ), monument: 1965
  • Bugewitz: Tower Hill Bugewitz , with wall and moat, early German ceramic monument: 1966
  • Butzow: Tower Hill Lüskow ( Butzow ), with ditch, monument: 1996
  • Dargen: Kachlin tower ( Dargen ), "Schlossberg", remains of bricks, palisade-like stilts, ceramics from the 14th century, wheel spurs, horseshoes, pot helmet, horse skeleton, memorial: 1985
  • Ducherow: Sophienhof tower ( Ducherow ), 700 m north of the village, with a dry trench, dia. 17 m, height approx. 1.5 m
  • Ferdinandshof: Louisenhof tower hill ( Ferdinandshof ), hill - small plateau, shallow ditch, FlN "Räuberberg", Swedish matriculation card "Borckwall", black: "Meiersberg"
  • Groß Polzin: Tower Consages ( Groß Polzin ), with moat, monument: 1991
  • Janow: Tower Hill Janow , later icehouse, Monument: 1964
  • Kagenow: Tower Hill Kagenow with Vorburg several earthworks (double Motte with access Wall). North hill Dm. 16 m - height 0.7 m; Boulders; actual tower hill approx. 25 m south, dia. 30 m - height 1.8–2 m, road dam, monument: 1962
  • Kamminke: Tower Hill Kamminke , "Keller mountain", hills - expansion approximately 14 x 12 m, height about 2 m; Area to the lagoon, rectangular elevation of 3 × 4 m, there hill 3 m high. West 2–2.5 m deep trench. Treasure saga: (Störtebecker treasure), monument: 1962
  • Katzow: Netzeband ( Katzow ) tower hill , at height 20.1; Monument: 1968
  • Lübs: Tower Hill Lübs (Western Pomerania) , Schw. Matriculation card "Borchwall", steep hill H 2 m, Dm 20 m, with ditch
  • Lütow: Neuendorf tower ( Lütow ), SW corner of the manor park, monument: 1967
  • Medow: Tower Hill Nerdin ( Medow ), monument: 1990
  • Mellenthin: Mellenthin tower hill, "Eiskellerberg" tower hill 50 × 40 m, south of the moat at the Renaissance castle (fortified courtyard)
  • Murchin: Tower Hill Libnow ( Murchin ), in the manor park, Dm. Hill approx. 10 m, trench width approx. 5–10 m, not water-bearing
  • Tower Hill: Neetzow Neetzow destroyed in 1945, monument - installed with moat, burial place of the landlord: 1969
  • Neu Boltenhagen: Karbow Tower ( Neu Boltenhagen ), monument: 1966
  • Neu Kosenow: Dargibell tower ( Neu Kosenow ), with a ditch, very well preserved, built on with a "Saufhaus" (ruin - only cellar left)
  • Neu Kosenow: Tower hill Kosenow-Vorwerk ( Neu Kosenow ), approx. 80 m long rectangular, wide trench; mentioned in a document in 1331 (MUB VIII, 5225)
  • Owstin: Tower Hill Owstin , Monument: 1970
  • Quilow: Tower Hill Quilow , m 2-3 high, built over Renaissance castle, filled moat monument: 1962
  • Ranzin: Tower Hill Ranzin , Monument: 1967
  • Rathebur: Tower Hill Rathebur , "mountain", 3 hills and plateaus, western plateau conjunction with Wall.
  • Rossin: Tower Hill Rossin , FlN "Goldberg", the southwestern edge Gutspark, Platform size 20 x 20 m, H. approximately 2.2 m, slopes approximately 5 m wide
  • Schmoldow: Tower Hill Schmoldow , excavations at tower hill of the 14th century fortification, small finds crossbow bolt, horseshoe, ceramics - hard Grauware, Monument: 1955
  • Schönwalde: Stolzenburg tower hill ( Schönwalde (Vorpommern) ), circumference / foot 55 m, height 1.5–1.8 m, field stones, mud brick, monastery format
  • Spantekow: Rehberg Tower ( Spantekow ), FlN “Oven”, monument: 1965
  • Stolpe on Usedom: Stolpe tower on Usedom , height 1–1.5 m; Dm 25 m, monument: 1974
  • Strellin: Tower Hill Strellin , planes, Monument: 1965
  • Suckow on Usedom: Suckow tower (Usedom) , 2 m high; 6–8 m Dm, rock stones u. Brick rubble, with ditch, monument: 1971
  • Wackerow: Tower Hill Wackerow , "Venusberg" double Grabenzug, brick rubble, blue-gray shards Monument: 1954
  • Zemitz: Seckeritz tower hill ( Zemitz ), monument: 1991
  • Züssow: Tower Hill Züssow , with a moat, monument: 1967

District of Western Pomerania-Rügen

  • Tower hill "Ritterhaus" Grimmen

  • "Jaromarsturm" tower in Damgarten

  • Stremlow Tower Hill

All objects are recorded in the list of soil monuments visible above ground:

  • Ahrenshagen-Daskow: Gruel tower ( Ahrenshagen-Daskow ), with a ditch
  • Ahrenshagen-Daskow: Pantlitz tower hill ( Ahrenshagen-Daskow ), with ditch, diameter about 60 m, FlN “Eiskellerberg”, good condition; Early German shards, hard gray goods
  • Brandshagen: Tower Hill Brandshagen , with a moat, 19th century excavation in "Pirate Castle" finds: arrowheads, spurs and bars of iron, ceramics
  • Damgarten: Tower Hill Damgarten , FlN "Jaromarsturm" in Recknitzniederung, displayed in Stralsund manuscript
  • Dettmannsdorf: Tower Hill Dammerstorf ( Dettmannsdorf ), dimensions: diameter about 30 m, height about 2.5 m; on the hill field stones, brick rubble
  • Dettmannsdorf: Tower hill Dettmannsdorf , about 5 m high, sloping towards the meadow, there used to be a ditch, finds: brick remains and rock, disturbed
  • Dettmannsdorf: Kölzow tower ( Dettmannsdorf ), with partially water-bearing ring moat. Directorial survey map 1769 topography recognizable.
  • Drechow: Krakow Tower ( Drechow ), with a moat, 1.4 km to the northeast
  • Eixen: Kavelsdorf ( Eixen ) tower hill , FlN "Schwedenschanze" - square, 12 m side length, with a rectangular trench
  • Forkenbeck: Turmhügel Forkenbeck , FlN: "Räuberhöhle", hill 3–4 m high, base diameter. 15 m; z. The partially preserved moat is 5–7 m wide and 2–3 m deep; Foundation brick monastery format.
  • Glewitz: Tower Zarnekow ( Glewitz ), south-west corner of Gut - Rudiment Tower
  • Gransgebieth: Tower Hill Kirch Baggendorf ( Gransebieth ), documented annex 1327, finds: 1706 fountains u. old leg irons, foundation stones excavated in 1909, brick rubble and the like. Field stones
  • Grammendorf: Tower Hill Grammendorf , no description
  • Gremersdorf-Buchholz: Pöglitz tower hill ( Gremersdorf-Buchholz ), trenches plowed in E and N, rectangular system with foundations of 2 buildings, dimensions: 15 × 15 m, trenches 3–4.5 m wide and 2 m deep; FlN "Zetelvitzer Friedhof" - desert
  • Grim: Tower Hill grim detected: artificially piled tower hill, backed foot with Feldstein pack. Remains of two buildings of different heights exposed on the plateau; North stone foundation probably 1320, south brick wall, northern foundation - remains of the floors documented and finds. West field stone foundation exposed, 14th century, "knight's house" handed down through written and pictorial sources. 3500 shards of gray goods recovered, south slope 13th century, interpreted as a wall on the ditch. Predecessor of Grimmen Castle. Now built with a water tower.
  • Grimmen: Tower Hill Grellenberg ( Grimmen ), FlN: "Schaukelberg", three stone benches, brick rubble u. Boulders, shards of hard gray goods, broken pieces. Flat glass - green-brown
  • Grimmen: Tower hill Groß Lehmhagen ( Grimmen ), water ditch filled
  • Hugoldsdorf: Tower Hill Hugoldsdorf , founded in 1295 in documents
  • Lindholz: Tower Hill Böhlendorf ( Lindholz ), on the outskirts of the village, Basisdm. approx. 16-20 m, plateau m. approx. 10–12 m., trench remains filled; Plant sanded
  • Lindholz: Tangrim ( Lindholz ) tower hill , dimensions: 15 × 20 m, H = 3 m, remnants of the surrounding ditch visible. Encircled interior of the hill - rocks and brick remains.
  • Löbnitz in Western Pomerania: Redebas tower hill ( Löbnitz (Western Pomerania) ), FlN "Schwedenschanze", Dm. approx. 40 m, height approx. 1.5 m, surrounded by a ring wall with a moat; Finds: Shards of hard gray ware, edge shards of spherical pot
  • Marlow: Bookhorst ( Marlow ) tower hill , 3 m high, 15 m diameter , surrounded by water, littered
  • Marlow: Gresenhorst tower hill ( Marlow ), Wiebeking'sche Karte and Schmettau - small island with ring moat
  • Nehringen: Tower Hill Nehringen , double tower hill, some stone remains, 1 km to O
  • Papenhagen: Tower Hill Rolofshagen ( Papenhagen ), FlN "Räuberberg", "Wallberg", "Burggraben", in the manor park, Dm. approx. 40 m, height approx. 3–5 m, trench width 5–10 m, bridge access; Shards of hard gray goods
  • Preetz near Stralsund: Preetz tower hill ( Preetz (near Stralsund) ), very striking TH, dimensions: 20 × 25 m, H 2 m, with moat
  • Prerow: Turmhügel Prerow , FlN: “Hertesburg” (old castle wall), early German with double moat; Finds: 1 cutlass, 1 grape, blue-gray handle shard. Emergency recovery after unauthorized construction work: 10 posts, 3.3 km to the E - on the Prerow river
  • Prohn: Klein Damitz ( Prohn ) tower hill , dimensions: 40 × 42 m
  • Prohn: Sommerfeld tower ( Prohn ), dimensions: Dm 11 m, H 2.5 m, in the estate park.
  • Pütnitz: Tower Hill Pütnitz , Fortified Adelshof, fountains, 3 m sö the fountain - the beginning of the trench. SW corner: field stone foundation in clay. Stones 80 cm dia
  • Quoltitz: Tower Hill Quoltitz , called Tower Hill Roisin - desert, dimensions: Dm. 50 m, height approx. 2-3 m, surrounding trench 30 m wide.
  • Hall in Vorpommern: Tower Hill Hessenburg ( Hall (Vorpommern) ), square square, with earth wall, complete with moat - width approx. 10–15 m, family funeral in the 19th century, Swedish registration card 1696 - ring-shaped moat with two towers , Individual finds in the ditch
  • Schlemmin: Tower Hill Schlemmin , steep sloped, with moats, gekesselt
  • Semlow: Plennin Tower ( Semlow ), first mentioned in 1320
  • Semlow: Tower Hill Semlow , "Old Castle" (map 1696), in the pond southwest of the castle is a small island - "Love Island" = remainder of the tower hill.
  • Splietsdorf: Tower hill foreland ( Splietsdorf ), dimensions: Dm. approx. 25 m, height 2–3 m, plateau depressions with stones (remains of cellars and foundations); Dig partially dry
  • Süderholz: Behnkenhagen tower hill ( Süderholz ), Swedish location v. 1762 Stream behind Ort - in a loop of the TH
  • Süderholz: Tower Hill Griebenow ( Süderholz ), Urmeßtischblatt v. 1836 2/3 moat, MTB 1887 still 1/2, today only 1/3 moat.
  • Sundhagen: Gerdeswalde tower hill ( Sundhagen ), dimensions: 30 × 25 m
  • Sundhagen: Tower hill Jager ( Sundhagen ), height 2.5 m, steeply sloping, diameter. Approx. 8–10 m, N-side water-bearing trench section, other side trench rudiments, field stones, shards of gray ware
  • Sundhagen: Tower hill Jeeser ( Sundhagen ), dimensions: 4 m high, 80 × 60 m, slav. "Terra gristow"
  • Sundhagen: Tower Hill Segebadenhau ( Sundhagen ), FlN “Schlossberg”, two-part system, documented as “castrum Ekbergh”. Blue-gray ceramics, bricks and clay blocks, 2 km to the NE.
  • Tribsees: Stremlow tower hill ( Tribsees ), well preserved, digging dry, near the open-air museum
  • Velgast: Turmhügel Starkow ( Velgast ), Swedish matriculation card: east of the tower hill moat and outer bailey. A building on the tower hill, two large and one small outer bailey.

Lower Saxony

North Rhine-Westphalia


Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland

Saxony
  • Hartenstein: Burgwall Turmhügelburg "Ur-Stein" (also "Türmelberg"), well-preserved complex, on the mountain slope above the Hartenstein train station (Saxony) , according to recent studies it is said to be a siege castle
  • Hartmannsdorfer Forst: Fürstenberg (Hoher Forst) (or Fürstenberg Castle) in the Hartmannsdorfer Forst , Graben-Wall-System preserved
  • Kemnitz: Tower hill of the former water castle of Kemnitz and two other ring wall castles in Kemnitz, Vogtlandkreis
  • Kürbitz: Wasserburg Kürbitz
  • Mühlhausen: former moated castle of Mühlhausen / Vogtland near Bad Elster
  • Mülsen-Neuschönburg: former water castle (island pond) in Neuschönburg (before 1923 "Neudörfel"), district of Mülsen
  • Oelsnitz: former castle wall of Oelsnitz / Erzgeb. near the church, see oldest town view
  • Ostro tower hill castle Ostro
  • Vielau: Remains of the tower hill castle Vielau, called "Wohl", which was largely abandoned due to overbuilding, in Reinsdorf-Friedrichsgrün : "Wohl" in the area of ​​the former Hammelhof (today district of Friedrichsgrün). The Hammelhof was laid out very early on as the "Upper Vorwerk" of the Vielauer manor. On April 3, 1835, the Hammelhof burned down. There was originally a second weir in Vielau.

Saxony-Anhalt

  • Gladitz: former "Waal" moated castle at what is now the Gladitz manor
  • Göbitz: former moated castle Göbitz, island with moat preserved, Elsteraue -Göbitz
  • Gölzau: Gölzau Castle (ruins, original motte) near Weißandt-Gölzau

Schleswig-Holstein

City of Hamburg

Thuringia

  • Grove: Tower Hill Castle "Temple"; Former Sorbian cult site of the god Hain, on a hill consisting of three oaks north of Hain , about 50 m to the right of the path to Lunzig, to the left of the Kühbach, hill remnants 4 meters × 8 meters, probably the former seat of the Knights of Hain / Hayn, district of Greiz
  • Hainspitz: former Hainspitz moated castle , hill and remains of the moat have been preserved, Hainspitz
  • Herrmannsacker: Friedenland Castle , in the forest north of Herrmannsacker
  • Hohenleuben: Soil monument "Walteich" Hohenleuben (Inselburg) in the Hegeholz near Hohenleuben with a promontory that is unique in the Vogtland and legendary complex
  • Hohenleuben: at least three Bühl systems, such as the large Bühl east of the Reichenfels castle ruins on Pflaumenallee, and the tree-covered small Bühl in a field above the Reichenfels Museum and another one on the edge of the forest
  • Hohenleuben-Brückla: ground monument "Tumelle", legendary early German tower hill castle of the 12th / 13th centuries. Century
  • Magdala: Magdala moated castle , remains of the wall on a tower hill approx. 2 m high and approx. 20 m in diameter, Magdala
  • Mauderode: Small manor castle (castle hill) in Werther - Mauderode
  • Mehla: "Vogelherd" ground monument near Mehla
  • Rüßdorf: Wall system "Rüßburg" or "Rüßdorfer Raubschloss" in the "Rüßdorfer Alps" near Rüßdorf
  • Schlöpitz: "Inselteich" moated castle in the Schlöpitz desert in Kosma near Altenburg

See also

Web links

Commons : Tower castles in Germany  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b List of the ground monuments visible above ground in MV . State Office for Land Monument Preservation Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schwerin, status 2003
  2. ↑ M. Balzer: Tower hill on the Haxterberg south of Paderborn . In: Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments , Volume 20, Paderborner Hochfläche - Paderborn - Büren - Salzkotten, Mainz am Rhein 1975, pp. 275 ff.