Wallburg Dedenhausen, Medieval hillfort in Uetze, Germany.
Wallburg Dedenhausen is a medieval hillfort in Uetze located on the western edge of Dedenhausen village near the Fuhse river floodplain. It has a circular layout measuring about 100 meters across, and a surviving wall section extends for 80 meters with a height of roughly two meters.
The fortification was first documented in 1508 as property of the Lords of Bortfeld. It later passed to the Lords of Wense before being acquired by local farmers in 1848.
A chapel once stood inside the fortification, first recorded in 1301, and later the St. Urban Church took over its religious role for the village. This sacred function shows how central the site was to local community life.
The site is easily accessible and located right next to the village, making it possible to visit on your own. The surviving fortification is straightforward to explore on foot, especially if you approach from the east where the historic entrance was positioned.
Excavations in 1959 uncovered the remains of a woven brushwood path buried one meter below ground level that ran into the interior of the fortification. This discovery reveals that the inner area was once equipped with a deliberate pathway infrastructure.
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