Moth icks
| Moth icks | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Ickter Hof | |
| Creation time : | Second half of the 12th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Düsseldorf - Unterrath | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 16 '45.2 " N , 6 ° 46' 34.9" E | |
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The moth icks , even Ickter courtyard called, is a Outbound high medieval hill fort of the type of moth (motte) in Düsseldorf district Unterrath in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The castle was built in the second half of the 12th century. The keep had a footprint of 9 by 12 meters. In the Middle Ages, the area in which the moth lay was called the "Ickter Mark". In a record from the 15th century, the " wisdom of the Ickter Mark" is described. The current district of Düsseldorf- Lichtenbroich also belonged to this mark . The castle hill is still preserved from the former castle complex. The Ickter Hof was located on the former part of Kartäuserstraße, which now belongs to Düsseldorf Airport .
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan dictionary , Verlag Wolfgang Weidlich, 1994
- Binding, Günther : The Motte Ickt in Düsseldorf - Unterrath and its position in the Lower Rhine castle architecture , Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch 1966, p. 200f.
- Guntram Fischer : The excavation of the Ickterhof ramparts. In: Rath and Unterrath. A contribution to local history. P. 82.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Theod. Jos. Lacomblet, Woldemar Harleß: Archive for the history of the Lower Rhine . In: The new episode, second volume / VI. Lower Rhine Weisthümer . 1870, Cöln, p. [250/1] 246/7. Online version
- ^ Entry on Wallburg Ickt in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- ↑ The history of the Catholic Church in Düsseldorf: from the beginnings to secularization, Ulrich Brzosa (page 45, note 153 online version )