Alt-Mackenzell Castle

Alt-Mackenzell Castle
Alternative name (s):	Mackenzell Castle
Creation time :	12th Century
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Hünfeld - Mackenzell
Geographical location	50 ° 39 '15.1 "  N , 9 ° 46' 57.9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 39 '15.1 "  N , 9 ° 46' 57.9"  E
Height:	292  m above sea level NN

The Castle Alt-Mackenzell , simply castle Mackenzell called, is an Outbound hilltop castle on the mild spur "Olmet" at 292  m above sea level. NN near the Herrenmühle south of Mackenzell , a current district of the city of Hünfeld in the Fulda district in Hesse .

The still unfortified castle complex was built in the 12th century by the Lords of Mackenzell, first mentioned in 1146. In 1253 the castle was fortified with walls and ramparts by Prince Abbot Heinrich IV von Erthal .

In 1276 the castle was destroyed as a robber baron's nest by the Fulda prince abbot Bertho IV von Bimbach . Nothing has been preserved from the former castle complex. On the historical maps of the Electorate of Hesse from 1840 to 1861, a circular castle wall with an entrance from the north is still drawn.

literature

• Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 2nd Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1995, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 197

Web links

• Entry by Thorsten Sonnemann about Olmet in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
• Entry on Mackenzell Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
• Alt-Mackenzell Castle, Fulda district. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of January 31, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on January 2, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Electorate of Hesse 1840-1861 - 83. Hünfeld. Historical maps. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).