Can you visit Burg Ampleben today?

The fortress itself no longer exists; the site now holds a private manor house, with only a remnant of the old moat visible.

What is the connection to Till Eulenspiegel?

Local tradition holds that the folk hero was born around 1300 and baptised in the castle's chapel.

Where is Burg Ampleben located?

In Kneitlingen, in the Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, at the foot of the Elm hills.

Burg Ampleben

Ampleben Castle

Kneitlingen

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Where: Kneitlingen

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Burg Ampleben stands in Kneitlingen (Landkreis Wolfenbüttel), in Lower Saxony, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

Burg Ampleben survives only as an archaeological site, on a raised platform at the southwestern edge of the village of Ampleben, at the foot of the Elm hills. Built in the 12th century by the von Ampleben family, the fortified castle was torn down in 1425 by townspeople from Brunswick and Magdeburg who accused it of harbouring highway robbers. Only a short stretch of the former moat remains today, and the site now carries a manor house dating from the 1790s. Local legend links the place to the birth and baptism of the folk hero Till Eulenspiegel.

Where this château is

Kneitlingen · Landkreis Wolfenbüttel · Niedersachsen

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Elmstraße 1, 38170 Kneitlingen

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Niedersachsen

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Can you visit Burg Ampleben today?: The fortress itself no longer exists; the site now holds a private manor house, with only a remnant of the old moat visible.
Why was Burg Ampleben destroyed?: It was torn down in 1425 by townspeople from Brunswick and Magdeburg who accused it of sheltering highway robbers.
What is the connection to Till Eulenspiegel?: Local tradition holds that the folk hero was born around 1300 and baptised in the castle's chapel.
Where is Burg Ampleben located?: In Kneitlingen, in the Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, at the foot of the Elm hills.