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Beningaburg (Wirdum), Wirdum

Beningaburg

Wirdum

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No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where
Wirdum

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Beningaburg (Wirdum) stands in Wirdum (Landkreis Aurich), in Lower Saxony, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

The Beningaburg marks the site of a vanished moated stronghold in the East Frisian marshlands, the ancestral seat of the powerful Beninga family, whose best known descendant is the chronicler Eggerik Beninga. What remains are two earthen mounds, known locally as Warften, lying between the villages of Wirdum and Grimersum. Excavations carried out in 1999 and 2000 uncovered the layout of this lordly settlement, first raised between the eighth and tenth centuries and substantially built up in later periods. Visitors will find not a standing castle but an archaeological landscape, where traces of a fortified tower and a hall building over thirty metres long can still be traced in the ground.

What to know

  • No standing structure remains: the site consists of two earthen mounds in open farmland.
  • The visit takes place outdoors, with no known visitor facilities on site.
  • The main interest is historical and archaeological, tied to the Beninga family and the feudal history of East Frisia.
  • No opening hours or fees apply, as this is an open-air site viewable from public land.

Where this château is

Wirdum · Landkreis Aurich · Niedersachsen

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Address

26529 Wirdum

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Heritage status
Protection status unknown

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Frequently asked

What remains of the Beningaburg today?
Only two earthen mounds, called Warften, survive between Wirdum and Grimersum, with no building visible above ground.
Who built the Beningaburg?
The East Frisian Beninga family, whose first recorded lord was Liudward Beninga, documented before 1354.
Why was the Beningaburg destroyed?
It was destroyed in 1435 during a Hamburg punitive expedition against the Beninga's allies, the Ukena, amid East Frisian power struggles.
Can the Beningaburg be visited like a standing castle?
No, it is an open-air archaeological site with no standing building or visitor facilities.

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Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Land's heritage lists.

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