Carrying castle
| Carrying castle | ||
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 The Trageburg once stood on this rock above the Rappbode |
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| Alternative name (s): | formerly: Draburg, Drageburg, Dasenburg | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Castle cones, remains of walls, ditches, ramparts |
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| Place: | Trautenstein | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 42 '24 " N , 10 ° 47' 37" E | |
| Height: | 460 m above sea level HN | |
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The Trageburg - formerly called Draburg and Drageburg or Dasenburg - in the Harz is a castle ruin on the Rappbodevorsperre near Trautenstein in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany ).
Geographical location
The ruin is located in the Lower Harz in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park . It is located about 2 km north of Trautenstein, a district of Oberharz am Brocken , on the north shore of, among others, the Rappbode fed and in 1961 completed Rappbode Auxiliary Dam at about 460 m above sea level. HN . The Rappbode passed the former castle far below - east of the confluence of the Allerbach .
History and description
Little is known historically about the Trageburg. In a document from 1654 it is called Draburg . Like the nearby Susenburg , it served to protect an old long-distance trade route that led from south to north across the Harz . The Trogfurter Bridge also belonged to the road system .
The castle cone, sparse wall remains, ditches and ramparts still exist from the Trageburg. Their location is a ground monument and is a listed building .
hike
The Trageburg is included as No. 52 in the system of stamping points of the Harz hiking pin.
Web links
- Trageburg , reconstruction drawing, on burgrebaus.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sunken walls - the Trageburg (for the location, see Die Trageburg near Trautenstein in the Harz Mountains ), on burgen.ausflugsziel-harz.de
- ↑ a b Entry on Trageburg in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- ↑ a b Information board Trageburg (photo), on wikipedia.org
- ↑ Harzer Wanderadel: stamp point 52 / Trageburg am Hexenstieg , on harzer-wandernadel.de