Keula moated castle
| Keula moated castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 900 to 1000 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Remains of buildings, moats and cellars | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Helbedündorf - Keula | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 19 '54 " N , 10 ° 31' 38" E | |
| Height: | 300 m above sea level NN | |
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The Keula moated castle is the remainder of a moated castle at about 300 m above sea level in Brauhausgasse on the western edge of the Keula district of the municipality of Helbedündorf in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia .
The castle was first mentioned in 967 as an Ottonian royal estate . Later the castle was the official seat of the Honsteiners and then came under Blackburg rule. Extensions took place in the 17th century, parts of the castle were demolished in 1772 and 1811.
Remains of the castle buildings, the castle gate, the cellar, the fortification wall, the bridge to the castle and the moat are still preserved from the castle complex with its oval core .
literature
- Thomas Bienert: "Helbedündorf, OT Keula" - Medieval castles in Thuringia . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 151 .
- Michael Köhler: "Keula" - Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 155-156 .