Buchenau Castle

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Buchenau Castle
Alternative name (s): Borg
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Dautphetal-Buchenau
Geographical location 50 ° 52 '10.2 "  N , 8 ° 35' 48.4"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '10.2 "  N , 8 ° 35' 48.4"  E
Height: 286  m above sea level NN
Buchenau Castle (Hesse)
Buchenau Castle
Aerial view of Buchenau from the south. In the center of the foreground the castle hill.

The castle Buchenau is a medieval castle site south of Dautphetaler hamlet Buchenau in Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hessen .

location

The castle stable of the former Spornburg lies on a spur above the Lahn at around 286  m above sea level. NN height, only about 1.5 to two kilometers east of Hohenfels Castle .

history

Buchenau Castle

The only direct mention is made for 1468 in the event of an unsuccessful siege. The noble lords of Buchenau are mentioned in documents from the 13th to the 16th century (1210–1575). At that time Buchenau was a bailiwick of the diocese of Fulda .

The noble family of Buchenau

  • Mentioned in 1238 (L. von Buchenau [Bechenowe])
  • September 11, 1265 Peter and Kraft von Buchenau
  • Vassals of Count Johann von Nassau (1307) - Heidenreich and Krig von Buchenau
  • 1367 Peter von Buchenau pastor in Hartenrod

investment

Little else is known about the castle complex. Only a shallow depression indicates a ditch in the neck .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norbert Buthmann, Norbert Goßler, Axel Posluschny, Helmut Valand, Benno Zickgraf: Modern prospecting methods in castle research - Archaeological investigations on the medieval castle complex of Lahntal-Brungershausen / Hessen . In: Castles and Palaces . 38, issue 1998 II. Braubach / Rhein 1998, p. 80-87 .
  2. ^ Huth: Buchenau. A walk through history and the present.
  3. ^ Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse. P. 276.

literature

  • Karl Huth, Buchenau / Lahn parish council (ed.): Buchenau. A walk through history and the present. , Buchenau / Lahn 1972
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 276.