Hodenhagen Castle

At that time the last remnants of the castle - the earth ramparts, moats and stone ruins - were levelled or removed.

Near the castle site Wilhelm von Hodenberg believed he had located a farmyard with a smithy, because he had found pieces of iron and slag.

After they had been forced by the counts of Hoya to move their seat from Altenbücken in about 1200, they built Hodenhagen Castle on the Meiße about 30 kilometres (19 mi) further west.

Based at Hodenhagen Castle, the land of the aristocratic von Hodenberg family lay geographically and relationally between that of the counts of Hoya and the House of Welf who were pushing westwards.

It is thought that the destruction of the castle also served to contain the widespread activities of the robber barons, that permeated the lower strata of the nobility at that time.

The project was supported by the European aid programme LEADER+, because it had located castle sites in the Aller-Leine Valley area.