Altmannstein Castle

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Altmannstein Castle
Altmannstein Castle.jpg
Creation time : before 1120
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Free nobles
Place: Altmannstein
Geographical location 48 ° 53 '45.5 "  N , 11 ° 39' 10.2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '45.5 "  N , 11 ° 39' 10.2"  E
Height: 435  m above sea level NHN
Altmannstein Castle (Bavaria)
Altmannstein Castle

The Altmannstein Castle is the ruin of a medieval hilltop castle at 435  m above sea level. NHN high mountain northeast of the Altmannstein market in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt .

history

The first rulers of the then nameless place, the Lords of Stein , were first mentioned in a document in 1120 . When the Lords of Stein died out in 1232, Altmannstein came into the possession of Altmann II von Abensberg , a relative of the Lords of Stein. He had the castle built. In 1291, Duke Ludwig the Strict of Bavaria acquired the castle from Ulrich II. In 1340 the castle was sold to Konrad and Heinrich von Hautzendorf. Since the Counts of Abensberg acquired the lien in 1374 , the castle came back into their possession. But Nuremberg troops conquered the castle in 1446 because the lord of the castle, Johann von Abensberg, had contacts with robber barons and they were also at the fortress. In 1485 Niklas von Abensberg and Altmannstein, the last Babone , was attacked by Duke Christoph , and Seitz the Frauenberger killed the Babone.

In 1911 a residential building and ancillary buildings were built on part of the destroyed castle area. The municipality of Altmannstein has owned the castle since 1991.

description

The three-storey, 18-meter-high keep with its high entrance at a height of 4.3 meters, a diameter of 10.2 meters and a wall thickness of 3.5 meters and small remains of the residential building are still of the castle complex, protected by a section ditch from the hinterland as well as wall remains preserved. The late medieval hunger tower was connected to the fortifications with the partially preserved side wall. Today the Burgplatz is a ground monument .

literature

  • Karl Zecherle (Red.): Castles and palaces . Eichstätt district in the Altmühltal nature park. Ed .: District of Eichstätt. 2nd unchanged edition. Hercynia-Verlag, Kipfenberg 1987, DNB  944206697 , p. 68-69 .

Web links

Commons : Burg Altmannstein  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Altmannstein in the private database "Alle Burgen".