Altnussberg Castle

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Altnussberg Castle
The keep used as a lookout tower

The keep used as a lookout tower

Alternative name (s): Nussberg
Creation time : between 1174 and 1194
Castle type : Two-part hilltop castle in a spur location
Conservation status: Keep, foundation walls
Standing position : Ministerial seat of the Counts of Bogen
Place: Geiersthal- Altnussberg
Geographical location 49 ° 3 '38.3 "  N , 12 ° 57' 59.3"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '38.3 "  N , 12 ° 57' 59.3"  E
Height: 660  m above sea level NHN
Altnussberg Castle (Bavaria)
Altnussberg Castle

The Altnussberg Castle , formerly just called Nussberg , is the ruin of a spur castle at 660  m above sea level. NHN high Schlossberg northwest of the municipality Geiersthal in the district of Regen in Bavaria .

history

There is still no precise information about the early history of Nussberg Castle, the only thing that is certain is that it was the seat of the Lords of Nussbach, first mentioned in 1125. These were ministerials of the Counts von Bogen and named themselves after their court in Nussbach, today's Altnussberg. From 1194, the ministerial family changed their name from Nussbach to Nussberg, and it is very likely that the name change was related to the construction of the hilltop castle between 1174 and 1194 and the family's move to Nussberg Castle. It was not until half a century later, in 1255, that Nussberg Castle was mentioned in documents for the first time.

The castle was later sold to the Lords of Degenberg , in 1310 Konrad von Nussberg left the castle and built Neunussberg Castle . During the uprising of the Bavarian Forest Knights from 1468 to 1469 against the policy of Archduke Albrecht IV of Bavaria , the so-called Böckler War , Hans von Degenberg was one of the leaders of the Böckler League. Therefore the castle was set on fire and razed after the handover by the castle captain Ratzko von Rayol . From 1983 the castle was partly rebuilt.

Today the site is listed as a monument D-2-76-122-10 “Altnußberg castle ruins, remains of walls, quarry stone, last quarter of the 12th century, rising masonry reconstructed in the 1980s”, and as a ground monument D-2-6943-0001 “Archaeological Findings and finds from the Middle Ages in the area of ​​the abandoned Altnussberg Castle ”recorded by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

Todays use

Today is keep a lookout tower . The finds from the excavations are exhibited in the museum building in the immediate vicinity of the castle ruins. B. weapons, jewelry, household items and equipment from the 13th to 15th centuries. The Burgschänke is open from Easter to the end of October and the Geiersthal registry office offers weddings in the museum building on request.

description

After excavations and partial reconstruction, the large castle complex shows the fully restored 22 meter high pentagonal keep on a base area of ​​7 by 7.5 meters and a wall thickness of 1.5 meters, the foundation walls of the entire castle complex with a 1.5 meter thick circular wall , the ruins of bastions and residential buildings, farm buildings as well as the castle chapel and a cistern . The remains of the oldest part of the castle (predecessor castle) with the castle courtyard can also be seen.

literature

Web links

Commons : Burg Altnußberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Location of the castle ruins in the Bavaria Atlas
  2. ↑ Günter Sehrbrock: Altnussberg - A ruined castle in the Bavarian Forest. P. 13.
  3. ↑ List of monuments for Geiersthal (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 129 kB)