Moth of Mahlenzien
| Moth of Mahlenzien | ||
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 The wooded castle stable of the moth from the west |
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| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Construction: | Timber construction | |
| Place: | Brandenburg an der Havel , district of Mahlenzien | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 19 '26.2 " N , 12 ° 26' 23.8" E | |
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The moth of Mahlenzien is the castle stable of a moth (also tower hill castle) in the district of Mahlenzien belonging to the city of Brandenburg an der Havel . The remains of the moth are designated as "Burgwall Middle Ages" as a ground monument (No. 4003).
history
The use of the weir system in the 13th and 14th centuries could be proven on the basis of early German fragments . The first known mention of Mahlenziens comes from the year 1370. In 1376 the village belonged to the von Sandau family. Mahlenzien came to the von Grabow family in 1470 and to the von Schierstedt family in 1583 . Not far north of the village of Mahlenzien ran the Heerstraße Brandenburg – Magdeburg trade and military route , which was important in the Middle Ages . There are no known historical written references to the moth of Mahlenzien. However, a historical naming of the parcel is described as "Old House" or "the Castle".
investment
The remains of the moth are immediately southwest a few meters outside the closed development of the village. About 150 meters to the north are the baroque manor house Mahlenzien and the Romanesque village church Mahlenzien . The weir system is a square plateau with a side length of about 25 meters, which rises about one meter above the surrounding level. A dry moat runs around it and is sometimes more than a meter deeper than the surrounding level . The inflow and outflow, which has also fallen dry and is used as a path, can be traced to near the Buckau River to the south-west. To the east it runs out of place. The Burgstall is wooded. The moat was still used after the castle complex was abandoned and supplied the village with water. It wasn't abandoned until the 20th century. It is believed that the moth was almost completely removed even after its abandonment.
Archaeological finds
In the area of the moth, brick fragments were found as surface finds. A high proportion of humus indicates a wooden structure on the moth. It is believed that the remains of bricks are related to a hearth or that they are rubble from the village. In the area of the trench, field stones , some of which show traces of processing, were found. When inspecting the moth, some ceramic remains were found . Five edge fragments and ten wall fragments from hard-fired vessels come from gray earthenware and four glazed wall fragments come directly from the moth. The earthenware was dated to the 14th century, the glazed remains in the 15th or 16th century, which is why one can assume that the moth was used in the late Middle Ages . Another find on site is a cuboid stone with edge lengths of 3 by 2 by 2 centimeters. This consists of chert and was possibly used as a game piece.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg: City of Brandenburg an der Havel (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum
- ^ Sebastian children, Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2006, p. 292. ISBN 978-3-412-09103-3 .
- ↑ Gerson H. Jeute, Christian Matthes: Mahlenzien . dhm.de. Accessed January 23, 2018.
- ↑ Christian Matthes and Gerson H. Jeute: Rural castles of lower nobility in Brandenburg . Methods of their research using the example of the moth of Mahlenzien. Pp. 135 to 144. Accessed January 23, 2018.