Reinhausen Castle

Reinhausen Castle was an early to high medieval spur castle of the Counts of Reinhausen in Reinhausen in the municipality of Gleichen in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony. The castle grounds were already built over in the Middle Ages, so that only a few remains of the castle remain.

The castle was located on a flat, west-facing mountain spur in Reinhausen between the valley of the Wendebach and the Rosental. The Burgplatz is only about 30 metres above the valley floor of the Wendebach, which flows past 120 metres to the south and west, but the mountain spur has a steep slope on this side over a length of over 400 metres with many vertical, partly overhanging rock sections. The Rosental northwest of the castle is much less rugged. To the east-northeast, the terrain rises flat towards the Knüll. While the steep slope south of the castle grounds and the Rosental are undeveloped, behind them in the valley of the Wendebach are the old town centre of Reinhausen and to the west and north of the castle grounds are newer building areas.

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