Are there still buildings standing at Burg Elmendorf?

No, only two earthen mounds remain, the remnants of the platforms that once carried timber towers.

Excavations revealed occupation as early as the 9th century, long before today's mounds were built in the 12th century.

Is there an admission fee for Burg Elmendorf?

No fee is documented for this site, which forms part of the freely accessible protected natural area.

Burg Elmendorf

Elmendorf Castle

Bad Zwischenahn

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Burg Elmendorf stands in Bad Zwischenahn (Landkreis Ammerland), in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Burg Elmendorf lies in the Dreibergen nature reserve on the northern shore of the Zwischenahner Meer, near Bad Zwischenahn. It is not a standing castle but the remains of a motte, two earthen mounds that once carried timber towers. Excavations carried out in the 1960s showed that the site had already been settled in the 9th century, long before the mounds seen today were raised in the 12th century. Visitors come here for an open-air archaeological site set within a protected natural landscape rather than for any surviving building.

What to know

No building has survived; only two earthen mounds remain from the former motte castle.
The site is an open-air one, located within the Dreibergen nature reserve.
Reaching the mounds involves walking over natural, unimproved terrain.
No opening hours or admission fees are attached to this site, which forms part of the protected landscape.
A chapel once stood between the mounds and the lake, consecrated in 1134, but it no longer exists.

Where this château is

Bad Zwischenahn · Landkreis Ammerland · Niedersachsen

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Niblheimweg 1, 26160 Bad Zwischenahn-Helle

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Château phone number

+49 4403 619159

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Are there still buildings standing at Burg Elmendorf?: No, only two earthen mounds remain, the remnants of the platforms that once carried timber towers.
Where is Burg Elmendorf located?: It lies within the Dreibergen nature reserve on the northern shore of the Zwischenahner Meer, near Bad Zwischenahn in Lower Saxony.
How old is the site?: Excavations revealed occupation as early as the 9th century, long before today's mounds were built in the 12th century.
Is there an admission fee for Burg Elmendorf?: No fee is documented for this site, which forms part of the freely accessible protected natural area.