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Gun sand castle
Information board in Herrenwald (near Forst Castle) with information about Waffensand Castle

Information board in Herrenwald (near Forst Castle ) with information about Waffensand Castle

Alternative name (s): The old castle or Wüstburg
Creation time : around 1248
Castle type : Höhenburg, rocky location
Conservation status: Wall remains
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Stadtallendorf - Niederklein
Geographical location 50 ° 48 '8.2 "  N , 9 ° 3' 48.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '8.2 "  N , 9 ° 3' 48.1"  E
Waffensand Castle (Hesse)
Gun sand castle

The Castle Arms sand , even the old castle or libertine Burg called, is the ruin of a rock castle in the district of Lower Klein of Stadtallendorf in Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hessen . The former castle is located southeast of Stadtallendorf above the river Joßklein on a rock.

history

The castle was built by the Archbishop of Mainz around 1248 . Burgmannen were the masters of elections. In 1387 the castle was destroyed by troops from the Landgraviate of Hesse . In 1491 it was mentioned again as "The old castle". The castle complex consisted of a curtain wall and a keep , surrounded by a double rampart of significant size. The ramparts and remains of the curtain wall are still preserved.

literature

  • Kern, Horst: Geographical settlement research in the Amöneburg Basin and its peripheral areas. Marburg 1966,
  • Klibansky, Erich: The topographical development of the Kurmainzischen offices in Hessen. Marburg 1925, p. 23.
  • Knappe, Rudolf: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites. 3rd edition Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 270.
  • Kraus, FW: The "Wüst-Burg" gun sand. In: From the Past (Marburg) 1949 No. 26.
  • Reimer, Heinrich: Historical local dictionary for Kurhessen (= publications of the historical commission for Hesse and Waldeck. 14). Marburg 1926, p. 488.
  • Reuling, Ulrich: Historisches Ortlexikon Marburg: former district and independent city, Marburg 1979, pp. 312–313
  • Schenk zu Schweinsberg, Gustav Freiherr von: The castle Waffensand. In: Quarterly pages of the historical association 1879.
  • E. and G. Schenk zu Schweinsberg: The desert castle Waffensand. in: Messages from the Freiherrlich-Schenck-zu-Schweinsberg'schen Samtarchiv, Freiherrlich-Schenck-zu-Schweinsberg'sches Samtarchiv, Schweinsberg, Marburg: Samtarchiv, 3 (1955), issue 1

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