# Ackeburg

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The **Ackeburg**, also called the **Ackenburg**,[1] in the [Harz Mountains](/source/Harz_Mountains) of central Germany, is the site of a [high medieval](/source/High_Middle_Ages) [hill castle](/source/Hill_castle), , in the borough of [Falkenstein/Harz](/source/Falkenstein/Harz) in [Harz district](/source/Landkreis_Harz) in the state of [Saxony-Anhalt](/source/Saxony-Anhalt). It was first mentioned in 1216[1][2] and was abandoned or destroyed in 1400.[1][2] There was also a village associated with it, known as **Akkeburg**.[2]

## Location

The ruins of the Ackeburg are located in the eastern part of that region of the Harz known as [Mansfeld Land](/source/Mansfeld_Land) between [Mägdesprung](/source/M%C3%A4gdesprung_(Harzgerode)) (north of Harzgerode) and [Meisdorf](/source/Meisdorf) (southwest of [Falkenstein/Harz](/source/Falkenstein/Harz)) on a rocky ridge () high above the valley of the [River Selke](/source/River_Selke) on its northern flank. It lies in the forested country of the [Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park](/source/Harz/Saxony-Anhalt_Nature_Park) within the Selke Valley (*Selketal*) [nature reserve](/source/Nature_reserve_(Germany)) about 3.7 km southwest of the village church of Meisdorf.

About 1.2 km to the southwest of the *Ackeburg* is the site of the [Old Falkenstein Castle](/source/Old_Falkenstein_Castle) (*Burg Alter Falkenstein*) and, circa 1 km southeast lies [Falkenstein Castle](/source/Falkenstein_Castle_(Harz)) (New Falkenstein) – both on the far side of the Selke valley.

## History and layout

The Ackeburg was first mentioned in 1216 A.D.[1][2] *"as the seat of the castellans of the counts of Falkenstein"*.[2] From 1400, however, it appears to have been abandoned, like the former village of *Akkeburg* that was sited at or near the castle and, of which, nothing has survived.[1][2] The owners of the castle were the *"lords of Ackeburg"*.[2]

The castle, which comprised [inner and outer wards](/source/Inner_and_outer_ward) with a [neck ditch](/source/Neck_ditch) and several [ramparts](/source/Defensive_wall),[1] had an inner ward about 30 metres in diameter standing on a rocky eminence.[1] Above that, in the direction of the highest point of that rise, was an inner ward, about 11 metres across.[2] Today only parts of the neck ditch and transverse rampart are visible.[1]

## Viewing point and walking

The Ackeburg may be reached on woodland paths from Meisdorf, including the *Meisdorfer Trift* that runs past the *Eckartsberg* () and *Wilhelmsberg* () hills and finally up the *Lumpenstieg* trail. About 100 metres south-southeast of the ruins lies the *Selkesicht* ("Selke View") viewing point (ca. ; [51°41′7.31″N 11°15′16.11″E](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=51_41_7.31_N_11_15_16.11_E); with its [picnic](/source/Picnic) site), which is no. 204[3] in the system of checkpoints in the [Harzer Wandernadel](/source/Harzer_Wandernadel) hiking network. From there there are views into the Selke valley and of [Falkenstein Castle](/source/Falkenstein_Castle_(Harz)) (New Falkenstein) high on a ridge on the other side. The Selke flows under the Akkeburg Bridge () south of the viewing point at an elevation of about 205 m; thus the viewing point is about 125 metres above the river. Like the castle, the *Selkesicht* viewing point may also be reached via the *Lumpenstieg* trail, which drops steeply into the Selke valley from a point a little further east down to the inn of *Zum Falken*, where it meets the [Selke Valley Trail](/source/Selke_Valley_Trail) and the [E11 European long distance path](/source/E11_European_long_distance_path).

## References

1. [Ackeburg](http://alleburgen.de/select_b.php?id=1&fid=1&lid=236)[dead link] auf alleburgen.de

1. [*Die Ackeburg im Selketal*](http://www.ausflugsziele-harz.de/ausflugsziele-sehenswertes/burg-schloss/ackeburg-selketal.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121004111543/http://www.ausflugsziele-harz.de/ausflugsziele-sehenswertes/burg-schloss/ackeburg-selketal.htm) October 4, 2012 at the Wayback Machine u. a. mit Foto der am Burgstall stehenden Infotafel *Dorf Akkeburg – Wallgraben* auf ausflugsziele-harz.de

1. Harzer Wandernadel: [Stempelstelle 204 – *Selkesicht* (nahe der Ackeburg)](https://archive.today/20130206161150/http://www.harzer-wandernadel.de/home/stempelstellen_details.php?id=211) auf harzer-wandernadel.de

## Literature

- Friedrich Stolberg: *Befestigungsanlagen im und am Harz – Von der Frühgeschichte bis zur Neuzeit*, Verlag August Lax, Issue 2/1983, ISBN 3826910028

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