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It was only the most modern infra red aerial photographic technology and most recent archaeological analysis of excavated stone artefacts that confirmed the hitherto suspected presence of a royal lodge from the
Ottonian period on the Schloßkopf by the upper reaches of the Teufelsbach in the Drecktal
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Bodfeld and its exact location began to sink into oblivion. However, thanks to intensive research by Paul Höfer memories of Bodfeld were re-awakened at the end of the 19th century. In view of the place name Königshof
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surveys. There is an information board at the site which shows that the lodge was extensive yet defensible; it had a chapel, two round towers, a great hall, a second assembly hall, other residential buildings, gatehouse and stone walls on two sides.
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at least four times. The last document issued by him was written in
Bodfeld (28 September 1056). Henry III died in Bodfeld after a seven-day illness on 5 October 1056 in the presence of the pope and many imperial princes.
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dating to the year A.D. 1319. According to that this forest area extended from
Braunlage in the west to Elbingerode in the northeast and to Stiege and Beneckenstein in the south.
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valley northeast of
Elbingerode. This could well be the royal lodge of Bodfeld which, characteristically for the period of its construction, was built on a hill spur (see also
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and its proximity to the Königsstieg ("King's Path") suggests there is a connexion. In all probability there was also a link between this hunting house (
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and which lay just 1½ kilometres away. Erdfeld was abandoned in the late Middle Ages in favour of nearby
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