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    the Erichsburg on a steep-sided eminence. Today only the remains of walls and ramparts are left. Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Lüneburg had the Erichsburg built...
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    The Erichsburg, formerly Erichsberg, (German: Burg Erichsberg) is a ruined medieval castle near the village of Friedrichsbrunn (borough of Thale) in the...
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    after a short period however. Between 1527 and 1530, he had the castle of Erichsburg built in a marshy depression about 3 km further east which was protected...
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    Aerzen Grohnde (Emmerthal) Coppenbrügge Erichsburg (Dassel) Hallerburg (Nordstemmen) Koldingen (Pattensen) Lauenstein (Salzhemmendorf) Lindau Liebenburg...
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    fortress. Another heavily fortified castle, which he had built, was the Erichsburg near Dassel on which construction began in 1527. In the Hildesheim Diocesan...
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    Castle, Beckdorf Dankwarderode Castle, Brunswick Diepholz Castle, Diepholz Erichsburg, Dassel Essenrode Manor, Essenrode Evenburg, Leer Everstein Castle, Polle...
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    1521. Duke Eric I ordered to tear down Hunnesrück castle and had the Erichsburg castle built instead. Dassel was administrated from there until 1643....
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    without insurmountable conflicts, perhaps because Eric mostly stayed on his Erichsburg and Calenberg Castle, while Elisabeth resided at her wittum Münden. Nevertheless...
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    www.harzregion.de. Accessed on 4 Oct 2011. Von der Pfalz Bodfeld zur Erichsburg Archived 2014-08-24 at the Wayback Machine at www.harzregion.de. Accessed...
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  • Marienkirche in Wolfenbüttel (where he is also buried) and the Burganlage in Erichsburg. Since he was born in Weimar, he was influenced by 16th century castles...
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  • Jean Henri Desmercières, financier of the polder and dike constructions Erichsburg (state of Lower Saxony) – Eric II, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, founded...
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