Arberg Castle

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Arberg Castle
Creation time : Probably 11th century
Castle type : Location, moth
Conservation status: Castle stable, building fragments, remains of the wall
Place: Arberg
Geographical location 49 ° 8 '28.9 "  N , 10 ° 37' 4.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '28.9 "  N , 10 ° 37' 4.6"  E
Arberg Castle (Bavaria)
Arberg Castle

The castle Arberg is an Outbound Turmhügelburg (moth) immediately southeast of the church in Arberg (Schlossweg 21) in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria .

history

The castle was probably built in the 11th century by the Eichstätt diocese to administer Eichstätt possessions. For this purpose they created a gift office with which their ministerials , the lords of Hofstetten, were enfeoffed in the 13th century . According to Gewin, "H (einrich) de Arberch", mentioned in 1229, was a son of the Eichstätter Schenken Conrad von Hofstetten. Conrad's brothers were the cathedral canon Heinrich von Hofstetten , Rudiger von Erlinghofen and Ruger von Dietenhofen . The brother of Heinrich I von Arberg, Chunrat, was one of the ministerials of the Counts of Hirschberg and called himself von Hirschlach . The sons of Heinrich I von Arberg were Heinrich II, father of prior Chunrad von Arberg, Chunrat I. von Arberg and Ulrich von Arberg. In addition, the men were from Arberg with numerous other families tribal Related, as well as with the Lord Tannhausen , the Eslern to Nuremberg, the Lord of Geyern , the Empire chefs of Rothenburg , the Freiburg noble family type , Messrs stone of Hilpoltstein and the patricians Gebwin in Heilbronn to name just a few. He Jung mentions a document from the year 1338 which reveals something about the family tavern at that time with “Markolf the tavern of Arberch Ritter and Magret sin elichin landlady and I too, Conrad Lorer sin brother and Sophie min elichin landlady”. In addition to the two brothers mentioned, Markolf and Conrad, Gewin mentions a third brother named Heinrich. After the death of Chunrad (IV.), Known as Schenk von Arberg, the gift office was transferred to Rudiger Schenk von Arberg. He died in 1397. Thereafter, the castle hat over Arberg Castle was passed on to Heinrich Schenk von Leutershausen . This was not based on Arberg Castle, but on the nearby Lochhof, also known as Eybburg , near Kleinlellenfeld . Wilhelm I. Schenk von Arberg also called himself von Lochhof (1395–1429). In the 14th and 15th centuries the castle was the seat nurses and Kastner of the Office Arberg or the later Pflegamtes Arberg-Ornbau. The castle was demolished around 1815.

Building fragments and wall remnants still bear witness to the round moth system , which was formerly protected by deep trenches .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Justinus PJ Gewin: The flowering and decline of noble families in the Middle Ages. HL Smits, 's-Gravenhage 1955.
  2. ^ Carl Ferdinand Jung: Miscellanea, Volume 1, p. 29
  3. ↑ JPJ Gewin: The Affinities and Political Relationships between the Western European Princely Houses in the Early Middle Ages, HL Smits, 1964, p. 80ff
  4. ↑ JPJ Gewin: The Relationships and Political Relationships between the Western European Princely Houses in the Early Middle Ages, HL Smits, 1964, p. 185
  5. ↑ Markt Arberg - Geschichte ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at arberg.de  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arberg.de