What remains visible of Krepe today?

Only a wooded mound about 60 metres across, surrounded by a barely visible ditch, survives, as the remains of the fortification itself lie buried.

Recent excavations date its construction to around 1200, with abandonment occurring during the 13th century.

Why is Krepe called Räuberberg?

This local nickname, meaning robbers' hill, comes from old accounts describing robbers taking refuge there after the site fell into ruin.

Was Krepe connected to a court of law?

Yes, a 14th-century legal text records a bailiff's court held there, whose jurisdiction extended beyond the immediate area.

Krepe

Groß Schwechten

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Where: Groß Schwechten

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Krepe stands in Groß Schwechten (Landkreis Stendal), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

Krepe is an archaeological site in a wooded wetland west of the Uchte river, within the municipality of Groß Schwechten in Saxony-Anhalt. The roughly 60-metre-wide mound, surrounded by a barely visible ditch, marks the buried remains of an early brick lowland fortification built around 1200 and abandoned during the 13th century. Excavations carried out in 2014 and 2015 allowed dendrochronological dating and revealed traces of a large, likely round, tower. Known locally as the Räuberberg, the site is also tied to legends of robbers and to a medieval court mentioned in old legal records.

What to know

This is an outdoor archaeological site, with no visible building or standing wall.
The wooded mound, surrounded by a faint ditch, lies in a wetland near the Uchte river, between Eichstedt and Borstel.
No opening hours, admission fees, or accessibility details are available for this site.
A visit essentially means walking out to the mound itself, as there is no visitor infrastructure.

Where this château is

Groß Schwechten · Landkreis Stendal · Sachsen-Anhalt

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Groß Schwechten, Landkreis Stendal

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Frequently asked

What remains visible of Krepe today?: Only a wooded mound about 60 metres across, surrounded by a barely visible ditch, survives, as the remains of the fortification itself lie buried.
How old is Krepe?: Recent excavations date its construction to around 1200, with abandonment occurring during the 13th century.
Why is Krepe called Räuberberg?: This local nickname, meaning robbers' hill, comes from old accounts describing robbers taking refuge there after the site fell into ruin.
Was Krepe connected to a court of law?: Yes, a 14th-century legal text records a bailiff's court held there, whose jurisdiction extended beyond the immediate area.