Attachment to the Zottaschen

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Attachment to the Zottaschen
Location of the former fortification (February 2012)

Location of the former fortification (February 2012)

Alternative name (s): Burgstall Königstuhl
Creation time : beginning 11th century at the latest
Castle type : Small attachment
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Bad Berneck
Geographical location 50 ° 3 '3.2 "  N , 11 ° 39' 4"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '3.2 "  N , 11 ° 39' 4"  E
Attachment to the Zottaschen (Bavaria)
Attachment to the Zottaschen

The fortification on the Zottaschen is a castle stable near Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge .

Geographical location

The Burgstall is on the top of the mountain called Zottaschen on the former border between Micheldorfer Flur and Bernecker Flur. Micheldorf , which was founded before the year 1000 due to the ending -dorf , is about 400 meters away. The probably Carolingian - Ottonian section fortification on the Hohe Warte is around one kilometer away. In the valley, Bundesstraße 2 follows the course of the former via imperii .

History and interpretation of the facility

The weir system was first mentioned in the land book of 1536 as a castle stables.

Hellmut Kunstmann classifies these as the forerunners of the tower hill, i.e. a moth and the earliest defense system in the area of ​​the Walpotic dominion around Berneck. According to Kunstmann, it refers to the time the area was opened up. Winkler believes that the fortification that he classified as a castle was built in the early 11th century at the latest. An interpretation as a watch tower in connection with the section fortification Hohe Warte was considered.

The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation lists the ground monument as a medieval castle stables under monument number D-4-5935-0080.

Building stock

Hellmut Kunstmann was able to describe the system, which has since been removed. The center of the castle stables was formed by a circular depression only about five meters in diameter. A wall with a maximum height of 1.6 meters led closely around this part, which was probably to be reconstructed as a tower. There were no longer any traces of trenches.

literature

  • Hellmut Kunstmann : Castles in Upper Franconia, Part II. The castles of the noble families in the Obermaing area . EC Baumann, Kulmbach 1955.
  • Gustav Schmidt: Former castles around Bad Berneck . In: Local supplement to the Upper Franconian school gazette . Government of Upper Franconia, Bayreuth 2002.
  • Markus Thoma, Claus Rabsahl, Ingo Sördert: Bad Berneck and Gefrees - A search for traces from the origins to the High Middle Ages . Historical Forum Gefrees (Ed.), Gefrees 2013.

Web links

  • Entry on Zottaschen in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Götz: Landbuch des Amtes Berneck, Gefrees and Goldkronach. In: Archive for the history and antiquity of Upper Franconia. Volume 29 (1926), Issue 3, pp. 88-159.
  2. ^ Hellmut Kunstmann: Castles and castle stables around Bad Berneck. In: History of the City of Bad Berneck iF Teichmann, Bad Berneck 1957.
  3. ^ Richard Winkler: Bayreuth, City and Altland District. Munich 1999.
  4. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry