Otterburg
| Otterburg | |
|---|---|
| Creation time : | around 1100 |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | Earth wall, wall traces |
| Standing position : | Nobles, clericals |
| Place: | Otterberg |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 30 '22.1 " N , 7 ° 46' 39.3" E |
| Height: | 324 m above sea level NN |
The Otterburg is the rest of a hilltop castle at 324 m above sea level. NN on the Schlossberg above the Otterberg Abbey Church in the town of Otterberg in the Kaiserslautern district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
The early medieval castle, which resembled a Carolingian / Ottonian fortification, was probably conquered in 1116 and first mentioned in 1144 as "castro Oterburc". In 1145 the castle was converted into a Cistercian monastery . The gentlemen von Kesselberg are named as former owners. Only small remnants of ramparts and walls have survived from the former castle.
literature
- Horst Wolfgang Böhme (Hrsg.): Castles of the Salierzeit . Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1991, ISBN 3-7995-4134-9 .
- In the northern parts of the empire (monographs of the RGZM ; Vol. 25).
- In the southern parts of the empire (monographs of the RGZM; vol. 26).