Alsenborn Castle
| Alsenborn Castle | ||
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 Reconstruction of the Dieburg |
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| Alternative name (s): | The castle | |
| Creation time : | around 1148 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, hills, remains of the wall | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Construction: | Humpback cuboid | |
| Place: | Alsenborn | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 29 '29.5 " N , 7 ° 55' 25.9" E | |
| Height: | 288 m above sea level NHN | |
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The remains of Alsenborn Castle , also known locally as Dieburg , are located east of the old town center of Alsenborn in the Kaiserslautern district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
location
The hill of Niederungsburg is located on a meadow at around 288 meters above sea level. The castle thus belongs to the type of a moth (tower hill castle). The hill is on the grounds of the Alsenborn swimming pool. You can walk into the castle and use the playground next to it.
history
There are no reliable findings about Alsenborn Castle. In 1148 and again in 1172 the Ministerials Heinrich and Hunfried von Alsenzeburne and Alsencebrunn are named. A Gudelmanni de Alzenzburne is known for the last time in the year .
investment
There is little more to see of Alsenborn Castle in the area than a recent reconstruction, which apart from the outline has little to do with the original Salian-Staufer complex (when the swimming pool was built, the hill was leveled and for a long time only remembered a memorial stone at the castle site). Excavations in 1935 and most recently in 1965/66 gave the picture of a Salier-era, originally wooden tower castle with an approx. 50 m wide and 3 m high hill with a circular depression in the eastern area, which in the Staufer epoch by a tower with approx. 9.50 m × 9.50 m base area and approx. 2.50 m wall thickness in a humpback square construction and a rounded polygonal ring wall with approx. 30 m diameter and 1.50 m thickness was built. In the western part there was a Vorwerk approx. 20 m long and 5 m wide with 2 recognizable rooms. Around the castle there was a 12 m wide water-filled ditch , which can still be seen in the area in the north and east. In the south-eastern area a bailey is presumed to have been surrounded by a 3 m wide ditch (still detectable in the area). Nothing more can be said about the type and appearance of this outer bailey due to the overbuilding and works in the area.
literature
- Palatine Castle Encyclopedia, Volume I, A-E . Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore, Kaiserslautern, ISBN 3-927754-18-8
Web links
- Entry for Alsenborn Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Entry on Alsenborn castle ruins at the source of Alsenz in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on July 9, 2020.