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Stederburg

Salzgitter

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Salzgitter

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Stederburg stands in Salzgitter (Salzgitter), in Lower Saxony, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

The Stederburg was a fortification built between 924 and 933 west of Salzgitter-Thiede, on a slight rise near the Thiedebach, meant to guard the crossings of the river Oker. No standing structure survives today: the site is known mainly through archaeological excavations carried out in 1996 and 1998, which uncovered a circular ditch nine metres wide enclosing a rampart 140 metres in diameter. Around the year 1000, a collegiate foundation for canonesses was established on the grounds of the outer bailey, giving rise to the Stift Steterburg, whose church now serves as an Evangelical parish church. What visitors can actually see today are remains of the ditch and rampart of that outer bailey, still traceable south of the Stift.

What to know

  • No buildings of the original fortification survive, only traces of the former ditch and rampart.
  • The site is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Lower Saxony.
  • The church of the Stift Steterburg, now an Evangelical parish church, can be visited separately from the fortification remains.
  • No opening hours, fees or access arrangements are specified for this archaeological site.

Where this château is

Salzgitter · Salzgitter · Niedersachsen

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Address

Salzgitter, Salzgitter

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Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal in Niedersachsen

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Frequently asked

Can you still see the Stederburg today?
No buildings survive; only remains of the outer bailey's ditch and rampart can still be seen south of the Stift.
When was the Stederburg built?
It was built between 924 and 933, likely under Henry I, as part of a fortification programme against Hungarian raids.
What remains on the site today?
The church of the Stift Steterburg, now an Evangelical parish church, along with archaeological traces of the former outer bailey's ditch and rampart.
Where is the Stederburg located?
In Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, west of the Thiede district.

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