Medieval Slavic fortification remains in Lübben, Spreewald, Germany.
Slawenburg Lübben is a medieval Slavic castle site located in Lübben, Spreewald, Germany. Originally built by the Lusici tribe in the 11th to 12th centuries, it featured a wooden wall surrounded by a moat. Today, the site hosts the guesthouse Haus Burglehn.
The Slawenburg Lübben, also known as Burglehn, is the site of a former Slavic fortification located at the southern edge of Lübben in the Spreewald region of Brandenburg, Germany. This medieval fortification was the most significant castle at the northern Spreewald pass. The original structure, believed to have been constructed by the Slavic tribe of the Lusici, dates back to the 11th and 12th centuries, possibly built on remnants from the 9th and 10th centuries. The fortification featured a circular rampart made of timber logs stacked in a block construction and filled with earth, surrounded by a moat. The rampart reached a height of 4 meters, with a crown diameter of 150 meters, and was accessible via a flat causeway from the north. The site may have served as the seat of the burgraves of Lübben until the 14th century when they moved to Schloss Lübben. The fortification eventually burned down and partially sank into the moor. In the late 19th century, the area was repurposed as a farmstead, and the Haus Burglehn inn was established, which still exists today. Archaeological excavations were conducted in the 19th century and again in 1966 and 1967.
