Brennhausen Castle

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Brennhausen Castle
Aerial view of Brennhausen Castle from the southwest (October 2002)

Aerial view of Brennhausen Castle from the southwest (October 2002)

Creation time : around the 13th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: receive
Place: Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke -Brennhausen
Geographical location 50 ° 14 '50.7 "  N , 10 ° 31' 19"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '50.7 "  N , 10 ° 31' 19"  E
Height: 333  m above sea level NN
Brennhausen Castle (Bavaria)
Brennhausen Castle

The Brennhausen located about four kilometers west of Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke in the district of Rhön-grave field in Lower Franconia . The well-preserved moated castle is still inhabited and can only be viewed from the outside.

history

View from the northwest

There are only a few reliable records of the older history of the castle on the border between the Haßberge and the Grabfeld. Some parts of the complex seem to go back to the 13th century. It was not until 1421 that a Truchsess von Brunnhausen appeared in a document from the Counts of Henneberg . Other documents date from 1439 and 1522. In the second half of the 17th century, the Würzburg monastery enfeoffed the fortress commander Franz Günter of Königshofen with the rule. Günter was raised to the nobility at the same time and called himself Günter von Brennhausen from then on. The personal fiefdom reverted to the bishopric in 1681 and was awarded to Baron Hans Kaspar von Bibra in the same year as compensation for the Burgwallbach that had been drawn in. His grandson Friedrich Gotthelf founded the line of the Barons of Bibra-Brennhausen, who still live in the castle . An inscription announces a renovation in 1861. The castle, which has been extensively renovated over the past decades, is completely surrounded by water again.

coat of arms

description

Aerial view of the castle from above with a corresponding schematic drawing

The castle lies lonely on a rectangular, brick terrace in the valley floor. The former moats and the castle pond have now been restored. The inventory volume from 1915 only lists swampy meadows there. Access is from the west via a stone bridge. On this side and in the north, the castle district is closed off by a few residential and farm buildings.

The castle consists of two Gothic residential towers , which are connected with an angular intermediate building. The rectangular, four-storey north tower, which, like the other components, is rounded off by a high, tile-covered saddle roof, is particularly striking . The other components are lower, including the square south tower. The complex consists largely of unplastered, irregular sandstone masonry with toothed corner cuboids, some with half-timbered attachments . A few lavatory bays have been preserved on the outside . The small courtyard was originally closed by a transverse wall, the remains of which are still attached to the south wing.

Inside, some rooms on the ground floor are spanned by simple cross vaults. Some of the rooms on the upper floors have flat ceilings with baroque stucco frames.

Picture gallery

  • Side view of Brennhausen Castle from the west (2004)

  • View of the castle complex from the northeast over the castle pond (summer 2004)

  • View of the facility from the east over the castle pond (2005)

  • View of the facility from the northeast over the castle pond (July 2009)

  • Aerial view of the entire complex with castle ponds and outbuildings from the southwest (2006)

  • Photo of a painting of Brennhausen Castle (edited), view from the west

literature

  • The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume 3: Administrative region of Lower Franconia & Aschaffenburg. = The art monuments of Lower Franconia & Aschaffenburg. Issue 13: Hans Karlinger : District Office Königshofen. With a historical introduction by Hans Ring. Oldenbourg, Munich 1915 (Unchanged reprint: ibid 1983, ISBN 3-486-50467-3 ).
  • Reinhold Albert : Chronicle of the community Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke. 2 volumes, published by the community of Sulzdorf ad L. Frankenschwelle, Hildburghausen 1994, pp. 515-534.
  • Anton Rahrbach, Jörg Schöffl, Otto Schramm: Palaces and castles in Lower Franconia - A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Lower Franconian independent cities and districts. Hofmann Verlag, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-87191-309-X , pp. 186-187.
  • Ursula Pfistermeister : Well-defended Franconia - Volume 3: Castles, fortified churches, city walls around Bamberg, Bayreuth and Coburg. Hans Carl Verlag, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-418-00387-7 , pp. 32-33.

Web links

Commons : Burg Brennhausen  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files