Burgstall Oberdeusch

Burgstall Oberdeusch
Burgstall in Oberdeusch, southeast corner of the castle hill with the memorial stone
Alternative name (s):	Hessenburg
Creation time :	probably 12th century
Conservation status:	Remnants of ramparts
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Füssen- Oberdeusch
Geographical location	47 ° 35 '38 "  N , 10 ° 35' 59"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '38 "  N , 10 ° 35' 59"  E
Height:	909  m above sea level NN

The Oberdeusch castle stable is located in the Oberdeusch district of Füssen in the Bavarian district of Ostallgäu . It was the residence of a ministerial family .

history

Memorial stone on the castle stable in Oberdeusch

Sketch by Barthel Eberl, 1942

The castle on a not very pronounced spur was probably built in the 12th century as the seat of a family of servants. It was called the "Hessians from the Indian ink" or "in the brush". Only "Chunrad der Hess uzz dem Tu (e) sch", which appears in a document in 1370, is known by name. Perhaps A (e) ppel Tu (e) schel (1317) and Peter and Herman Ta (e) uschler (approx. 1420) also belong to this group of people. In 1401 Heinz and Mangold von Tuschlin sold the Hessen-Burg and all its accessories to the St. Mang monastery in Füssen . A Haintz Tuschlin is mentioned as a citizen in Füssen as early as 1335. In 1493 the monastery also bought the farm property belonging to the castle and loaned it to Josef Buchler. He was allowed to rebuild the "melted castle" and live in it until his death. Around 1540 there was a Mang home in existence. He paid 2 florins ( guilders ) annually to the monastery for this. From 1570 the "castle" Oberdeusch is no longer mentioned.

It gradually fell apart in the 17th century. Because the Germans used the walls as a quarry, in the end only the remnants of the ramparts remained, which were not removed in 1940.

Between the front, eastern edge of the castle hill (where the memorial stone is) and the farm "bei Melchior" there is an 18 meter deep well with carved stones. It may have been used to supply the castle with water in the past.

description

From the east the visitor looks at a 10 meter high and steep slope, which rises flatter in the north and south. On the south side one believes to be able to recognize a kind of rampart. Due to the complete removal of all remains of the wall, it is impossible to determine the dimensions of the castle. It should have been around 25 meters wide and included the castle fountain in length. On the west side one must suspect a ditch . In 1933 it was already completely filled.

literature

• Georg Guggemos: History of the community Weissensee , community Weissensee 1976, p. 363.
• Anton Steichele: The Diocese of Augsburg, described historically and statistically , Volume IV, Augsburg 1883, p. 577.
• Thaddäus Steiner: Historical book of place names of Bavaria , Volume 9 Füssen, Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7696-6861-8 , p. 25.
• Files on the inspections in 1933 and 1942 in the Allgäu Castle Archive in Merkt, Kempten City Archive.

Web links

• Official website of the Eisenberg Castle Museum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KlA St. Mang Document 865a
2. ↑ TLA Urk. II, 5931
3. ↑ KlA St. Mang Yban- "Urbar", 28v
4. ↑ Otto Geiger, The documents of the former Benedictine monastery St. Mang in Füssen, Munich 1932, document no. 1442