Uffoburg

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Uffoburg
Wall remains of the Uffoburg

Wall remains of the Uffoburg

Alternative name (s): Uffenburg
Creation time : probably 9th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall, remains of a wall
Place: Extertal - Rott
Geographical location 52 ° 7 '1.9 "  N , 9 ° 7' 22.9"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 7 '1.9 "  N , 9 ° 7' 22.9"  E
Uffoburg (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Uffoburg

The Uffoburg (castle Uffoburg) or Uffenburg is an Outbound hilltop castle at 200 to 215 meters above sea level height on the "Rintelschen Hagen" southwest of the village Bremke in the district Rott the community Extertal in the district of Lippe in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The name Uffoburg is derived from Count Uffo, who is first mentioned in the chronicle "Catalogus episcoporum Mindensium" written by Hermann von Lerbeck in the 14th century . This chronicle tells of a Count Uffo in the 9th century, whose wife Hiltborch founded the Möllenbeck Monastery in 869 . Count Uffo is said to have owned two castles, including one near the village of Bredenbeke (= Bremke). A local researcher sees the other castle of Count Uffo, which has not yet been securely located, in the Hünenburg Steinbergen .

The Uffoburg was examined in 1900 by Otto Weerth during an excavation lasting several days. The numerous ceramics found in the interior of the castle are dated to the second half of the 9th century. The castle was probably abandoned at the beginning of the 10th century. Remains of buildings have not yet been found.

From the former 200 by 250 meter ramparts , which was divided into a front and a main castle , only small remnants of ramparts have survived.

literature

  • Friedrich Hohenschwert : Prehistoric and early historical fortifications in Lippe . Lippe Studies, Vol. 4, Landesverband Lippe (Ed.). Münster 1978. ISBN 3-921428-21-1
  • Friedrich Hohenschwert: Der Kreis Lippe II - Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany , Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-8062-0428-4
Site plan of the Uffoburg from 1916

Web links

Commons : Uffoburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leo Nebelsiek : “Prehistoric and early historical castles in Lippe”, 1950
  2. ↑ Otto Weerth: "The Uffenburg near Bremke - messages from the history of Lippe and regional studies", No. 1, 1903, digitized