Osterburg (Deckbergen)
| Osterburg | ||
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 Vorburg (right) and main castle (left) |
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| Creation time : | around 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Deck mountains | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 12 '35.8 " N , 9 ° 10' 20.6" E | |
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The Osterburg is the stable of a medieval castle in the Weser Mountains near Deckbergen in Lower Saxony . With two castle mounds, it is a rare mixture between a hilltop castle widespread in the mountains , here as a double castle like the Westphalian Altenfels castle , and the moth castle type , here as a double moth , which is widespread in the lowlands .
location
The remains of the castle complex are under the forest on the southwestern protrusion of the Osterburger Egge, a ridge in the Weser Mountains . Immediately to the west of the facility, a pass road crossed the Weser Mountains, which as an important traffic route led from the Weser valley north into the Bückeburger Aue valley . Today a county road runs here . The south-facing Weser Valley and the north-south crossing of the Weser Mountains could be monitored from the strategically favorable location of the castle complex.
description
The Osterburg consisted of two neighboring, independent castles on two hills, which were separated by a section ditch. They were secured to the outside by earth walls and a deep moat . In the ramparts, the remains of a curtain wall are suspected, which only archaeological investigations can provide information.
The northern and smaller castle hill seems to be more recent. The oval system has a diameter of around 40 × 50 m and a height of around 3 m. Towards the south adjoining, larger castle hill there was an area of a small outer bailey . The main castle has an area of about 50 × 70 m and a height of up to 7 m. On it, a round rubble mound with stone remains indicates the former existence of a round tower made of rubble stones . Soil anomalies and depressions on the castle hills indicate collapsed cellars of earlier buildings, which can be expected here as commercial and residential buildings. Some of the holes may have been caused by robbery excavations , which have already caused major damage to the remains of the castle complex.
The pronounced soil forms of the complex are still clearly recognizable in the area, especially through the circular moat in the shape of an eight. At the castle site there is now an information board with an explanatory text, which shows the facility in plan and as an attempt at reconstruction.
history
The history of the Osterburg is largely unknown. Mentioned in documents it was first held in 1121. For the owners it was, according to documents the twinned canonesses Rasmonda, Bert Heath and Wicburga from Wunstorf and Freckendorf in Westphalia . They are said to have inherited the castle from their uncle Thuringus. The builders probably come from the circle of the Counts of Roden . The castle complex is to be regarded as a representative of the medieval dynasty castle from the 11th and 12th centuries. It may have played a role in the disputes between the Counts of Roden and the Counts of Schaumburg for supremacy in the Weser area. It can be assumed that it was abandoned and destroyed in connection with these battles.
literature
- Erhard Cosack , Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Archaeological preservation of monuments in the Weser area in: Reports on preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony . Publication by the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation , 4/1994
- Hans-Wilhelm Heine: Castles of the "Motte" type in Lower Saxony in: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony, 3/1999
- Hans-Wilhelm Heine: Schaumburger Land - Burgenland , in the series Guide to the Prehistory and Early History of Lower Saxony (29), Oldenburg, 2010, published by the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation and the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony , ISBN 978-3-89995-673- 3
