Wasserburg Waldau (Kassel)
| Waldau moated castle | ||
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.jpg) Wall remains and corner tower of the former Waldau moated castle |
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| Creation time : | 15th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Place: | Kassel - Waldau | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 17 '25.2 " N , 9 ° 30' 48.5" E | |
| Height: | 144 m above sea level NN | |
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The Wasserburg Waldau is the ruin of a moated castle north of the church (Am Försterhof) in the Kassel district of Waldau in Hesse .
The castle emerged in the 15th century from an already existing bower , which was converted into a moated castle and was first mentioned in a document in 1484.
The actual purpose of the castle is unclear. Presumably it was a landgrave's castle, a somewhat splendid residential building surrounded by a moat , on the remains of the wall of which a hunting adjudicator's house with a dog house and a falconer's facility were built in 1728.
Only two round defensive towers with a piece of defensive wall remain from the former castle , which form the outer wall of a half-timbered house .
See also: Waldau story
literature
- Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 44.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Burg Waldau, municipality of Kassel. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of November 4, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on September 27, 2012 .
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