Stecklenburg
| Stecklenburg | |
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 Mecklenburg from the south (2004) |
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| Creation time : | 1000 to 1100 |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains |
| Standing position : | Clerical |
| Place: | Stecklenberg |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 43 '51 " N , 11 ° 5' 16" E |
The Stecklenburg is a ruined castle in the Harz (Eastern Harz) near the village of Stecklenberg in the Harz district , Saxony-Anhalt . The castle was built in the High Middle Ages .
Geographical location
The ruins of the Stecklenburg are located on the north-eastern slope of the Burgberg ( 356.1 m above sea level ), a northern branch of the Ramberg massif, south of Stecklenberg (district of the town of Thale ) . The ruins of the two-part Lauenburg Castle are on the average about 630 m to the southwest .
history
The hilltop castle was built in the 11th century on the remains of an older castle complex. It was destroyed in a battle in the 12th century but rebuilt. The owners were the Knights von Stecklenberg, mentioned in the 12th and 13th centuries, whose descendants probably emigrated to the Baltic States, where Henricus de Stackelberg was first mentioned in Riga in 1306 . The monastery in Halberstadt became the new owner of the Mecklenburg in 1281 .
The Mecklenburg region was inhabited until the beginning of the 18th century. Afterwards, some of the castle's buildings such as the brewery and the castle chapel were demolished. It became a complete ruin and served as a quarry. It was saved from complete destruction by the objection of the then chief forester von Thale , who was committed to preserving the structure.
investment
The castle ruin Stecklenburg is a protected monument and a popular excursion destination. Some walls of residential buildings and the remains of the keep have been preserved .
photos
Ruins of the palace and the keep (2005)
Gable front of a building (2005)
Night view of part of the Stecklenburg (2008)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saxony-Anhalt viewer of the State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation ( notes )
Web links
- Stecklenberg (Harz) (photos), on raymond-faure.com
- Stecklenburg , in reconstruction drawings of German castles , on burgrebaus.de