Monterberg Castle

Monterberg Castle
	Monterberg Castle 1575
Creation time :	around 1260
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Count
Place:	Kalkar
Geographical location	51 ° 43 '17 " N , 6 ° 18' 17" E Coordinates: 51 ° 43 '17 " N , 6 ° 18' 17" E

The castle Monterberg was next to the Klever Schwanenburg the main residence of the Count of Cleves .

history

Predecessor of the castle to the scale in the 11th century feasts Munna have been. Around 1260 the hilltop castle was rebuilt by the Klever counts and temporarily took over the function of the most important seat of the count's house . To 1242, the city was near the castle Kalkar founded. 1327 founded Count Dietrich IX. of Cleves in the outer bailey of Monterberg the sovereign Marienstift but which was moved to the town of Kleve already 1341st From that time on, Monterberg served primarily as the widow's seat of the old countesses of Kleve. The final demolition of the complex began in 1624.

At the beginning of the 14th century, Monterberg formed a Klevian office to which Kalkar, Altkalkar , Till , Wisselfeld and Wisselward as well as Hanselaer belonged. Later on, Monterberg was part of the Altkalkar judges' office.

A belt set from the early 5th century AD and a gold coin from the 7th century are known under the name “Monreberg” or “Monterberg”. They prove that the Monreberg was already settled in the early Middle Ages.

Current condition

Remnants of the wall are no longer there. The castle complex is fenced in in the forest at the end of the Monreberg road.

At the end of 2014, the Monterburg e. V. founded in Kalkar. It is recognized as a non-profit organization and has set itself the goal of researching and preserving the Monterburg in accordance with historical monuments.

State 2018
View with neighboring homestead
So-called Roman fountain at the foot of the castle complex

literature

Hans Peter Hilger: Altkalkar-Huisberden (= The monuments of the Rhineland. District of Kleve . Volume 1 ). Düsseldorf 1964, p. 23 .

Web links

Commons : Burg Monterberg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Monterburg eV
Burgenwelt.de
Entry on Monterberg Castle in the private database "All Castles".
Drawing by Lambert Doomer

supporting documents

↑ Horst Wolfgang Böhme: Germanic grave finds from the 4th to 5th centuries between the Lower Elbe and Loire. Munich Contributions to Prehistory 19. Munich 1974, p. 276, Pl. 147, 11-14.
^ ^A ^b Frank Siegmund: Merovingian time on the Lower Rhine. Rhenish excavations 34. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1998, p. 274 with plate 57.
↑ Arent Pol: De verspreidingsgebieden van in Nederland geslagen Merovingische gouden munten of 7 eeuw. Westerhem 27, 1978, pp. 145–155, here: No. 35.

[1] Horst Wolfgang Böhme: Germanic grave finds from the 4th to 5th centuries between the Lower Elbe and Loire. Munich Contributions to Prehistory 19. Munich 1974, p. 276, Pl. 147, 11-14.

[siegmund-2] A ^b Frank Siegmund: Merovingian time on the Lower Rhine. Rhenish excavations 34. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1998, p. 274 with plate 57.

[3] Arent Pol: De verspreidingsgebieden van in Nederland geslagen Merovingische gouden munten of 7 eeuw. Westerhem 27, 1978, pp. 145–155, here: No. 35.