Beilstein Castle (Palatinate)
| Beilstein Castle | ||
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 Beilstein castle ruins |
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| Creation time : | around 1100 to 1185 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, rocky location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Reichsministeriale | |
| Place: | Kaiserslautern | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 25 '59 " N , 7 ° 50' 44" E | |
| Height: | 313 m above sea level NN | |
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The natural and cultural monument Burgruine Beilstein is one of the smaller imperial ministerial castles . The rock castle is located about two kilometers east of Kaiserslautern on the B37 (to Hochspeyer), 313 m above sea level. NN . The ruin probably owes its name to the hatchet shape of the castle rock.
history
Probably in the 12th century Duke Friedrich II of Swabia ("Duke Friedrich the One-Eyed") had the castle built. In 1185 it was mentioned that the castle was owned by the Ministerial Merbodo von Beilstein .
In 1212 Merbodo von Beilstein sealed the seal together with his brother Wernher von Wartenberg as a witness in the Wilenstein renunciation , in 1234 King Heinrich VII allowed the rebuilding of the Castrum Bylenstein .
Between 1420 and 1455 the castle was violently destroyed. There was no reconstruction. The ruins passed into Flörsheimer and Electoral Palatinate ownership. In 1464 a Beilsteiner was mentioned for the last time with the Hochstiftisch Speyer kitchen master Hans von Bilenstein . After the Flörsheimers died out in 1665, the castle completely became the property of the Electoral Palatinate.
Around 1900 the Palatinate Beautification Association cleared part of the site and implemented security measures. However, archaeological find areas were partially destroyed as a result. In the late 1950s has been proven by excavations that has the dimensions of which apparently were much further that than that obtained today part of the system consists essentially of the masonry of the existed an investment even before the first mention of the keep there.
Beilstein Castle has been owned by the city of Kaiserslautern since around 1990 .
investment
From the former rock castle, only parts of the castle wall, a portal and the rock needle with the recesses to accommodate the roof beams, around which the buildings were erected, have been preserved.
legend
According to legend, there lived a beautiful and proud knight who didn’t want a husband. Junker Hanno, in his youth, wanted her anyway and decided to kidnap her. With two of his servants he penetrated the castle, but when they entered the castle hall, they were frightened. The young lady was guarded by two ghosts who sat to her left and right. The servants fled, the Junker fainted. When he awoke again, the ghosts were gone and he was able to complete his deed. The young lady managed to get away from him quickly and fled back to the castle. He followed her back into the castle and in the castle hall she was again protected by the two ghosts. This time he wasn't frightened and went up to the young lady. Then one of the ghosts touched him and the Junker was dead immediately. For many years no man dared to go to the castle more than one day three craft boys made a bet in a drinking bout in a pub in Lautern. Someone wanted to dare to walk around the castle and just see the young lady. With a torch he ran to the castle and around it three times when one of the ghosts met him, touched him and he died.
literature
- Alexander Thon (Ed.): How swallows glued nests to the rocks ..., castles in the North Palatinate . 1st edition Schnell + Steiner. Regensburg, 2005. pp. 26-29. ISBN 3-7954-1674-4
- Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore Kaiserslautern (Ed.): Palatinate Burgenlexikon I AE . Kaiserslautern, 1999
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tatjana Stegmann: The Ghosts of Beilstein in Die Rheinpfalz , February 1, 2014
- ↑ Viktor Carl: Das Ritterfräulein vom Beilstein in Palatine sagas and legends, Edenkoben 2000
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