CastleOttersberg

Ottersberg Castle

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The name Ottersberg probably does not come from "Otter", but from "Ostara", the spring goddess. A early Saxon water sanctuary probably stood on the site of the later fortress.
A castle is first mentioned in the 8th-9th century.

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Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otterbarg_Amtshoff.jpg?uselang=de

Location: 53.1048, 9.1393