Maienburg

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Maienburg
Ruins of the Maienburg

Ruins of the Maienburg

Alternative name (s): Eigenberg Castle
Creation time : around 1300
Castle type : Höhenburg, location
Conservation status: Trenches, ramparts, remains of walls, keep
Standing position : Free nobles
Construction: Basalt quarry stone
Place: Angle
Geographical location 50 ° 33 '20.9 "  N , 8 ° 10' 14.5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '20.9 "  N , 8 ° 10' 14.5"  E
Height: 416  m above sea level NN
Maienburg (Hesse)
Maienburg

The Maienburg , also called Eigenberg Castle , is the ruin of a medieval hilltop castle in the district of Winkels in the market town of Mengerskirchen in the Hessian district of Limburg-Weilburg .

location

The ruins of the Maienburg are located northwest of Mengerskirchen-Winkels at 416  m above sea level. NN high basalt cone . The immediate vicinity of the castle is heavily forested.

history

At the beginning of the 14th century, the castle complex, first mentioned in 1331 as "Burg Eigenberg", was built by Count Johann von Nassau-Dillenburg to protect the Calenberg cents and went to Ludwig von Mundersbach as a fief .

After the death of Daniel III. von Mundersbach's family died out in 1600. The castle thus fell back to the House of Nassau-Dillenburg . From 1608 the castle was pledged to Burkhard von Waldmannshausen , was repaired and inhabited until 1612. The heirs of Burkhard von Waldmannshausen ceded the castle to Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Hadamar in 1620 , who added it to the Mengerskirchen office. Since then the castle has not been used and fell into disrepair.

The estate belonging to the castle was leased until 1806 and laid down in 1818.

investment

Remnants of the keep with the upstream rondelles

The Maienburg was secured by two walls and ditches . The western part of the curtain wall , the south tower and a keep with a domed vault have been preserved. The Palas and the eastern wall are no longer present.

The castle was built from existing basalt. The keep was 10.40 m in diameter, the wall thickness on the inside was 2.50 m, on the outside 3.90 m. Three roundels were in front of the keep and are connected to the south tower by the 40 m long wall. The wall has four loopholes . The south tower has a diameter of 6 m with a wall thickness of 1.60 m.

The trenches originally ten meters wide and four meters deep can still be seen clearly.

Monument protection

The ruin is a ground monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, and accidental finds are reported to the monument authorities.

literature

Web links

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