| Osterburg | |
|---|---|
| The fortified house at Weida | |
| Weida | |
 The Osterburg in Weida | |
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| Coordinates | 50°46′21″N 12°03′24″E / 50.7726°N 12.0568°E / 50.7726; 12.0568 |
| Type | hill castle |
| Code | DE-TH |
| Site information | |
| Condition | preserved or largely preserved |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1163 to 1193 |
The Osterburg (German: [ˈoːstɐˌbʊʁk] ) is a castle located conspicuously on a hill in the middle of the town of Weida in the county of Greiz in the German state of Thuringia.
Description
Its 54-metre-high bergfried is the third highest and one of the oldest surviving bergfrieds in Germany. Above its second array of battlements there is a watchman's parlour, which accommodated a watchman until 1917. On the terrace there is a monument which records that this was the furthest south that the ice sheet came in Germany during the Elster glaciation.
Gallery
Sources
- Henriette Joseph, Haik Thomas Porada (eds.): Das nördliche Vogtland um Greiz. (Landschaften in Deutschland Werte der deutschen Heimat, Vol. 68). Böhlau, Cologne etc., 2006, ISBN 3-412-09003-4.
- Rosemarie Bimek, Heinz Fischer, Roland Gehring, Dr. Egbert Richter, Kurt Häßner, Dieter Hauer, Günter Kummer: 800 Jahre Osterburg, Weida in Thüringen. Stadtverwaltung Weida in Thüringen, Heimatmuseum Osterburg, Altenburg, 1993, pp. 1–52.
External links
- The Osterburg at Weida (Weida town website)
- Friends of the Osterburg Weida
- Initiative to save the tower spire
- Newspaper article about renovation work at the Osterburg, OTZ, 24 May 2011