Ackeburg
| Ackeburg / Ackenburg | |
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| Falkenstein/Harz | |
View of the Selke Valley and Falkenstein Castle from the Selkesicht viewing point
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 Ackeburg / Ackenburg
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| Coordinates | 51°41′10″N 11°15′13″E / 51.686075°N 11.2535389°ECoordinates: 51°41′10″N 11°15′13″E / 51.686075°N 11.2535389°E |
| Type | hill castle |
| Code | DE-ST |
| Height | 333.2 m above sea level (NN) |
| Site information | |
| Condition | neck ditch, transverse rampart |
| Site history | |
| Built | first recorded in 1216 |
The Ackeburg, also called the Ackenburg, in the Harz Mountains of central Germany, is the site of a high medieval hill castle, 333.2 m above sea level (NN), in the borough of Falkenstein/Harz in Harz district in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was first mentioned in 1216 and was abandoned or destroyed in 1400. There was also a village associated with it, known as Akkeburg.
The ruins of the Ackeburg are located in the eastern part of that region of the Harz known as Mansfeld Land between Mägdesprung (north of Harzgerode) and Meisdorf (southwest of Falkenstein/Harz) on a rocky ridge (333.2 m above sea level (NN)) high above the valley of the River Selke on its northern flank. It lies in the forested country of the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park within the Selke Valley (Selketal) nature reserve about 3.7 km southwest of the village church of Meisdorf.
About 1.2 km to the southwest of the Ackeburg is the site of the Old Falkenstein Castle (Burg Alter Falkenstein) and, circa 1 km southeast lies Falkenstein Castle (New Falkenstein) – both on the far side of the Selke valley.
The Ackeburg was first mentioned in 1216 A.D."as the seat of the castellans of the counts of Falkenstein". From 1400, however, it appears to have been abandoned, like the former village of Akkeburg that was sited at or near the castle and, of which, nothing has survived. The owners of the castle were the "lords of Ackeburg".
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