Altenburg Tower (Sulzfeld)
| Altenburg Tower Hill | ||
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 West side of the tower hill |
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| Creation time : | Medieval | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, tower hill | |
| Place: | Sulzfeld | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 15 '21.4 " N , 10 ° 24' 52.5" E | |
| Height: | 325 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Tower Hill Altenburg is an Outbound medieval motte (moth) at 325 m above sea level. NHN , about 850 meters southeast of the church of Sulzfeld in the Rhön-Grabfeld district in Bavaria .
The six meter high and 30 by 30 meter large tower hill has been preserved from the former moth enclosure .
literature
- Reinhold Albert: Palaces and castles in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld: Prehistoric and early historical facilities, castles, palaces and fortified churches in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld . Published by the culture agency of the Rhön-Grabfeld district. Bad Neustadt ad Saale 2014, ISBN 978-3-939959-14-4 , pp. 229-230.
- Björn-Uwe Abels : The prehistoric and early historical site monuments of Lower Franconia . (= Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory. Series B, Volume 6). Verlag Michael Laßleben , Kallmünz 1979, ISBN 3-7847-5306-X , pp. 165-166.
- Roman-Germanic Central Museum (ed.): Bad Kissingen, Franconian Saale, Grabfeld, southern Rhön . (= Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments. Volume 28). Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 1975, p. 106.
Web links
- Entry on Altenburg (Sulzfeld) in the private database "Alle Burgen".
Castles: Altenstein Castle (Untermarschalk'scher Hof) | Old Trappstadt Castle | Brennhausen moated castle | Eichenhausen Castle | Gebsattelsches Castle | Hanstein Castle | Hanstein Castle | Holzberg Hunting Lodge | Irmelshausen moated castle | Kleinbardorf Castle | Kleineibstadt Castle (exited) | Löwenhain Castle | Mellrichstatt Castle (exited) | New Trappstadt Castle | Neuhaus Castle | Neustädles Castle | Obereßfeld Castle | Rödelmaier Castle | Rossrieth Castle | Sternberg Castle | Sulzfeld Castle | Unsleben moated castle | Untereßfeld Castle (sold) | Völkershausen Castle | Waltershausen Castle | Wolzog Castle
Castles and ruins: Altenbrenda Castle (dismissed) | Blankenberg Castle (exited) | Hildenburg castle ruins | Lichtenburg castle ruins | Osterburg castle ruins | Salzburg Castle | Steineck Castle (exited) | Wallbach castle ruins | Wildberg castle ruins
Fortifications: Königshofen Fortress
Tower hill castles (all gone): Tower hill Altenburg | Double tower hill Oberweißbrunn | Turmhügel Rappershausen (Turmhügel Burgkeller) | Wollbach Tower Hill
Manor houses: Yellow Castle (Rosenauischer Hof) | Heßbergsches Schlösschen | Höchheim Castle | Huflar Castle | Optical lock
Castle stables (lost, unknown castles): Section fortification Altenburg | Ringwall Altenburg | Burgstall Blankenberg | Burgstall Borstadel | Burgstall Frickenhausen | Gangolfsberg ramparts (Werinfriedesburg) | Ringwall Heidelberg | Burgstall Heustreu | Königsburg ramparts | Königshofen Fortress | Burgstall Lure | Fortification near Rappershausen | Burgstall Rothausen | Ringwall Schwedenschanze | Burgstall Simonides | Burgstall Völlburg
Fortified churches: Fortified church wall skull | Ostheim Fortified Church | Sulzfeld fortified church | Fortified church Trappstadt (St. Burkard)
Waiting towers : thick tower | Gallows Tower | Ostheimer Warte | Königsburg (Nordheim) (exited) | Suhlesturm | Stockheimer Warte | White Tower | Wollbach watch tower