List of castles and fortifications in Hainich
The list of castles and fortifications is a directory of historical castles , castle stables , waiting areas and other fortifications in Hainich in the districts of Unstrut-Hainich and Wartburg in western Thuringia .
List of fortifications
The Hainich is part of the northern shell limestone framing of the Thuringian Basin and stretches from Bad Langensalza in the southeast to Mühlhausen - Eigenrieden in the north, where it merges smoothly into the Upper Eichsfeld . The list is sorted by fortifications from north to south.
Place / location | Surname | Type | Time of origin | Special features State of preservation |
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Self-satisfied up to the Hohes Rode | Mill houses Landgraben | Landwehr | around 1400 | Double ditch |
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Landwehr on the northwestern edge of the Hainich Forest | Vogteier Landwehr? | Landwehr | as a continuation of the Mühlhäuser Landgraben |
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Self-satisfied | Eigenrieder Warte | Watch tower | around 1400 | Tower stump as part of the Mühlhäuser Landgraben |
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Self-satisfied | Old castle | Refuge |
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Peterhof (Mulhouse) | Castle | Castle | Castle hill and moat |
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Heyerode Oberdorla | Heyerode border house | originally a watch tower | later converted into a border house |
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Schierschwende / Heyerode Dörnerberg | On the hill | Landwehr | Part of a Landwehr |
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Oberdorla | Cow castle | received nothing |
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Niederdorla / Heyerode Sommerberg | Volksburg | multiple trenches |
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Langula / Kammerforst / Oppershausen | At the Landwehr / Hagen | Landwehr | Part of a Landwehr |
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Oppershausen | Roundabout | Castle | Trench and rampart adjoining a long rampart |
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Echoes | Hallungen Castle | Castle complex | 14th Century |
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Nazza | Old castle | Spurburg | around 1200 | Wall and moat system part of a Landwehr |
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Nazza | Haineck castle ruins | Spurburg | 14th Century |
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Mihla | Gray lock | around 1200 | laid out as a medieval moated castle |
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Mihla | Red lock | lock | 16th Century |
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Berka in front of the Hainich | Old castle | Hilltop castle | Ground monument |
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Alterstedt | Thiemsburg | Castle | 12th Century | Forsthaus demolished in 2006 and replaced by a new building |
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Wolfsbehringen | moth | 14th Century |
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literature
- Levin von Wintzingeroda-Knorr : The desert areas of the Eichsfeld: Directory of the desert areas, prehistoric ramparts, mines, courts of justice and waiting areas within the districts of Duderstadt, Heiligenstadt, Mühlhausen and Worbis. Göttingen (O. Hendel) 1903
- Paul Grimm and Wolfgang Timpel: The prehistoric and early historical fortifications of the Mühlhausen district. Mulhouse (1972)