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Burgberg, Baunatal

Burgberg

Baunatal

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Where
Baunatal

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Burgberg stands in Baunatal (Landkreis Kassel), in Hesse, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

The Burgberg is a wooded volcanic hill rising to 439.6 metres in the Langenberge range, next to Großenritte, a district of Baunatal. It carries the remains of a prehistoric circular rampart, the Wallburg of Großenritte, first settled around 6000 years ago and reoccupied during the Hallstatt culture between 800 and 400 BC. On its eastern slope once stood a hunting lodge built for Prince Heinrich von Hanau, later used from 1877 as a deaconess house; the building was torn down in 1972 and no longer exists. A visit today centres on the natural site and the traces of the old rampart.

What to know

  • No building remains standing: the hunting lodge was demolished in 1972.
  • What can be seen today is the hill itself and the remains of the prehistoric rampart.
  • The Burgberg is almost entirely wooded and is explored via forest paths.
  • An old basalt quarry occupies the southeastern slope of the summit.
  • A water-treading spot (Wassertretstelle) is located north of the summit.

Where this château is

Baunatal · Landkreis Kassel · Hessen

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Address

34225 Baunatal

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Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Frequently asked

Can you still visit a castle on the Burgberg?
No, the hunting lodge that once stood there was demolished in 1972; only the remains of the prehistoric rampart survive.
What is the Wallburg of Großenritte?
It is a circular rampart enclosing about 2.5 hectares, first inhabited roughly 6000 years ago and later reused during the Hallstatt culture.
Where is the Burgberg located?
In Baunatal, in the Landkreis Kassel, in Hesse, near the village of Großenritte.
What remains of the hunting lodge built for Prince Heinrich von Hanau?
Nothing remains: left unused after 1866 and later turned into a deaconess house in 1877, the building was torn down in 1972.

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Sources

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