Old Castle (Elbe Valley)

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Old castle
old archway

old archway

Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Wall remains
Place: Elbe valley
Geographical location 50 ° 30 '52.9 "  N , 8 ° 3' 3.5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 30 '52.9 "  N , 8 ° 3' 3.5"  E
Old Castle (Hesse)
Old castle

The old castle is the ruin of a medieval moated castle in a wooded area near the Elbgrund district of the Elbtal municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse . It is on the edge of Waldmannshausen Castle .

investment

From the castle on the northern edge of the Elbtal community on the connecting road to Frickhofen, there is only a longer wall and the stumps of two round towers. Originally it was a moated castle with circular ramparts and moats and four round towers. A rectangular Gothic building is assumed, but has not yet been proven. Around 1800, parts of the complex were restored and rebuilt, and parts of it were planted with oaks.

The ruin is now 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.

history

The castle ruins north of the road to Frickhofen were the ancestral seat of the lower aristocratic family Walpot von Waldmannshausen, who also held positions of national importance. In 1486 Thebes von Waldmannshausen had the "New Castle" built as a manor southeast of the old complex.

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , pp. 444-445.
  • Ferdinand Luthmer: The architectural and art monuments of the administrative district of Wiesbaden. Volume 3: Lahn area . Walluf 1973
  • Georg Dehio , Ernst Gall : Handbook of the German art monuments - Southern Hesse . Berlin 1950

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