Burg Blankenburg (Essel)
Castle in Essel, Germany, dating from 1200
Blankenburg Castle (German: Burg Blankenburg) was a small castle in the village of Engehausen in the municipality of Essel in the German state of Lower Saxony. It dates roughly to the 13th century. All that remains are parts of the surrounding rampart. Today a rural farmstead, formerly a manor house, stands on the site of the old castle. The castle was built on the north bank of the river Aller above the flood plain. Today it lies on a silted-up branch of the old river. The ruins of a rampart can still be seen on the southeastern side of the former castle site; the opposite side of the embankm
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- Type:
- Castle
- Period:
- 1200
- Where:
- Essel, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 52.75°N, 9.62°E
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