Reinholdshain moated castle
| Reinholdshain moated castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | The wall | |
| Creation time : | around 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Remains of the tower hill | |
| Place: |
Dippoldiswalde OT Reinholdshain |
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| Geographical location | 50 ° 53 '46.6 " N , 13 ° 42' 1.4" E | |
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The Wasserburg Reinholdshain was a medieval moated castle in Reinholdshain , a district of the town of Dippoldiswalde in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district in Saxony . The few remains of the complex are under protection as a ground monument .
location
The remains of the castle are located in the central part of Reinholdshain, south of the road branch to Dippoldiswalde.
history
The small moated castle is archaeologically dated to 1200–1250. It originally consisted of a tower hill with a surrounding moat and a smaller outer bailey . The approx. 2 meter wide moat was fed by a small stream. The entire system had a diameter of approx. 25 meters and was also surrounded by an earth wall.
The fortification itself consisted only of wood, so that no wall remains have been preserved. The moat has also been buried today and is used as a parking lot. On the hill is a war memorial erected in 1904 for the local soldiers who died in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 . The complex has been a listed building since September 25, 1961.
The place Reinholdshain was first mentioned in 1445 as Reinholczhain . The founder was Reinold de Grimme, who lives in Reinhardtsgrimma .
literature
- Harald Quietzsch / Heinz Jacob: The protected ground monuments in the Dresden district , Small writings of the State Museum for Prehistory Dresden, Dresden 1982.
- Gerhard Cheap: Directory of the high and late medieval castles in Saxony . Leipzig and Dresden 2002.
Web links
- Reinholdshain Castle (with information and pictures of the facility)
- Dippoldiswalde: Reinholdshain Castle on Sachsens-Schlösser.de