What remains of Müggenburg today?

Only a fortified mound, an earthen rampart and former water-filled ditches can still be seen, no building has survived.

Where is Müggenburg located?

It lies near Salem, in the Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, at the western edge of the Salemer Moor nature reserve.

Who owned Müggenburg?

The lords of Salem, and later by marriage the lords of Plön, held the estate before it passed to the dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg.

When was Müggenburg destroyed?

Archaeological findings date its destruction to the middle of the 14th century.

Müggenburg

Salem

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Where: Salem

Müggenburg stands in Salem (Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg), in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

Müggenburg is a vanished medieval motte site, its remains preserved at the western edge of the Salemer Moor nature reserve near Salem. The site consisted of a fortified mound carrying a keep, together with an outer bailey once protected by an earthen rampart and water-filled ditches. Its earliest known owners were the lords of Salem and later, through marriage, the lords of Plön, before the estate passed to the dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg. Excavations in the 19th century and again in 1951 uncovered the foundations of a six by six metre tower and evidence of timber-framed buildings.

What to know

No standing building remains; only the mound, the rampart and the former ditches can still be made out on site.
The site lies at the edge of the Salemer Moor nature reserve, so visitors should expect a walk through natural terrain rather than a furnished monument.
No opening hours, admission fee or visitor facilities are indicated, the site is freely accessible.
What can be seen today results from archaeological excavations carried out in the 19th century and again in 1951.

Where this château is

Salem · Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg · Schleswig-Holstein

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23909 Ratzeburg

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What remains of Müggenburg today?: Only a fortified mound, an earthen rampart and former water-filled ditches can still be seen, no building has survived.
Where is Müggenburg located?: It lies near Salem, in the Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, at the western edge of the Salemer Moor nature reserve.
Who owned Müggenburg?: The lords of Salem, and later by marriage the lords of Plön, held the estate before it passed to the dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg.
When was Müggenburg destroyed?: Archaeological findings date its destruction to the middle of the 14th century.