Werberg ruin

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Werberg ruin
Werberg castle ruins, view from the south, July 2017

Werberg castle ruins, view from the south, July 2017

Creation time : 13th century, in 1260 the castle nobility was named
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Wildflecken - Werberg desert
Geographical location 50 ° 20 '55.6 "  N , 9 ° 48' 42.5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '55.6 "  N , 9 ° 48' 42.5"  E
Height: 530  m above sea level NN

The ruins of Werberg are the remains of a Fulda protective castle from the 13th century. The castle is located in the Bad Kissingen district in the Lower Franconian community of Wildflecken in Bavaria, Germany.

Geographical location

The spur castle stood on the so-called castle rock at 530  m above sea level. NN near today's deserted Werberg in the Wildflecken military training area .

history

Werberg is mentioned indirectly for the first time in 1260. In a document there is talk of a "Fridericus de Werberg". The castle was built to protect Fulda against incursions from the Würzburg and robber barons. The castle was the official seat of the Werberg office until 1403 .

Two sieges of the castle are known: Hermann von Henneberg conquered the castle in 1351, before Prince Abbot Heinrich von Fulda recaptured it in 1403 after the castle had degenerated into a robber baron under the Hutts . The castle was destroyed in 1444 because raids were not omitted despite the peace treaty. A blide was used in at least one siege .

Today the castle ruins are listed as a monument D-6-72-163-36 "Werberg castle ruins, wall remains of a former castle to protect the Fulda border areas, probably built in 1327, destruction in 1444" and as a ground monument D-6-5624-0023 "Underground parts of the late medieval castle ruins Werberg ”recorded by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

All that remains of the castle are around 1.5 meter high wall remains and a neck ditch .

literature

  • Walter Schilling: The castles, palaces and mansions of Lower Franconia . 1st edition. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03516-7 , p. 151.
  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (ed.): Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments. Volume 28: Bad Kissingen, Franconian Saale, Grabfeld, southern Rhön . Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 1975, DNB 760046239 , p. 98.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Location of the castle ruins in the Bavaria Atlas
  2. ↑ List of monuments for Wildflecken (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 132 kB)