Old Ringelstein

Old Ringelstein
	View from the north of the castle
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, trenches
Standing position :	Noble
Place:	Forest fish
Geographical location	50 ° 52 '16.1 " N , 10 ° 18' 30.8" E Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '16.1 " N , 10 ° 18' 30.8" E
Height:	430 m above sea level NN

The Old Ringelstein is an Outbound medieval fortification ( Spur castle ) on the southwest side of the mountain Kissel at 430 m above sea level. NN above the Saargrund in the Thuringian Forest near Waldfisch and Ruhla .

history

Already in the 12th century there were two fortresses in the forest near Nürnberger Straße and Sallmannshäuser Rennsteig - the Alte Ringelstein below the Kissel hunting lodge and the Neue Ringelstein in the Waldfisch district. Far from the neighboring villages, these castles were primarily used as road posts and customs posts. The border between the later duchies of Saxony-Eisenach and Saxony-Meiningen ran south of Etterwind for several centuries . According to older traditions, the castle was built as a complex for the Counts of Frankenstein. In the 14th century, the castle complex was one of the predatory nests that was captured and destroyed by a military contingent of the king with the support of the city of Erfurt . The old Ringelstein found its way into the legendary world of Thuringia as a robbery castle (legend of the Brautborn). The castle site is now a protected ground monument .

description

Clearly recognizable trench remains on the western flank of the mountain surround a spur about 50 paces in length, which has a natural protection due to the steep slope. There are several bumps in the castle area, which are interpreted as the location of destroyed buildings.

literature

Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. 2nd expanded and revised edition. Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2003, ISBN 3-910141-56-0 , p. 58.

Individual evidence

↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
↑ Manfred Tittel: Destroyed predatory nests . In: The people . Erfurt March 31, 1983.
↑ Ludwig Bechstein: The ring stones . In: Karl Martin Schiller (Ed.): Deutsches Sagenbuch . With woodcuts based on drawings by A. Ehrhardt. FW Hendel, Meersburg / Leipzig 1930, p. 489 ( zeno.org ).
↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , Alter Ringelstein, p. 56 .

[TK10-2-1] Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.

[Tittel-2] Manfred Tittel: Destroyed predatory nests . In: The people . Erfurt March 31, 1983.

[a1-3] Ludwig Bechstein: The ring stones . In: Karl Martin Schiller (Ed.): Deutsches Sagenbuch . With woodcuts based on drawings by A. Ehrhardt. FW Hendel, Meersburg / Leipzig 1930, p. 489 ( zeno.org ).

[Köhler2001-4] Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , Alter Ringelstein, p. 56 .