Waterburg
| Waterburg | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Waterborg | |
| Creation time : | 13th to 14th centuries | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Giekau | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 18 '33.9 " N , 10 ° 30' 19.7" E | |
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The Waterburg , also called Waterborg , is a defunct tower hill castle (Motte) at the end of a peninsula of Lake Selenter in the municipality of Giekau in the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein . Next to the castle is the Neuhaus (Giekau) castle .
The double castle complex on an elongated oval hill, dating from the 13th to 14th centuries, consisted of two tower mounds. The castle site , which still shows the castle hill with a moat , is only accessible in dry seasons or when there is severe frost.
Web links
- Entry on Waterborg in the private database "All Castles".