Wilhelmsburg moated castle
| Wilhelmsburg moated castle | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1500 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, remains of the foundation wall | |
| Place: | Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 28 '41.2 " N , 10 ° 1' 11.8" E | |
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The moated castle Wilhelmsburg is a lost moated castle in the nature reserve Heuckenlock in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg .
The founding of the moated castle dates back to around 1500. The thatched farmhouse was built around 200 years ago to protect against the flood on a terp and can only be reached by means of a bridge over a tidal creek in the freshwater mudflats.
In 1966 the farmhouse came to the city of Hamburg and was placed under monument protection on the initiative of the Wilhelmsburg doctor Oltmann. After 1999 the house was empty, was largely destroyed by arson in 2001 and demolished in 2003.