Chèvremont Castle
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Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '52.6 " N , 5 ° 38' 27" O The Burg Chèvremont (Kievermont / Munt, also Capremons ) was close to Liege , they equally protected as the palatinates of Jupille and Herstal . The castle and the St. Mary's Monastery located in it are first mentioned at the beginning of the 8th century. Chèvremont Castle was a monastery castle, as it was typical of Greece, Georgia and Armenia at that time. The Marienkloster at Chèvremont Castle is often confused with the Marienkloster in Aachen, which is due to the fact that Emperor Otto I donated the possessions of the Chèvremont Monastery to the Aachen Marienstift in 972, which is why the documents of both monasteries were merged and today there is only one common tradition .
The castle is attested at the beginning of the 8th century as a "Novum Castellum" in connection with the Marienkloster. The name "novum castellum" can also be found in a certificate of Charlemagne from 779. The castle was in the center of the property of Karl Martell , Karl's grandfather. Since Martell's sons Karlmann and Pippin did not want to give their half-brother Grifo his share of the paternal inheritance, they had Grifo imprisoned at Chèvremont Castle at the end of 741.
In 855 Emperor Lothar I (Franconian Empire) documents the Chèvremont. In 862 his son, King Lothar II. (Lorraine) also documents it at Chèvremont Castle. At the end of 910, King Ludwig confirmed that the child of the abbey on Chèvremont owned it.
Thanks to the Maasgau Count Giselbert , Lorraine , which was established in 843, passed to his grandson, Duke Giselbert of Lorraine . He resided at Chèvremont Castle (caprae mons) until 939. 928 married Giselbert Gerberga , a sister of Emperor Otto I (HRR) . Giselbert nevertheless joined the rebellion of Heinrich I (Bavaria) , Otto I's younger brother, together with Eberhard (Franconia) . Therefore, he was besieged by Otto I in June 939 at Chèvremont Castle. The siege continued by Count Palatine Immo , who defected to King Otto I. Count Immo occupied and took over Chèvremont Castle in the autumn of 936, which he kept in his possession until 966. At the same time, Immo acted as chief bailiff of the rich St. Mary's monastery in his castle.
Since Count Immos wanted to keep Lorraine's independence, which is why he kept in touch with Queen Gerberga and King Louis of France, Otto I attacked him in 940 at Chèvremont Castle. Since the castle was impregnable, Otto's army withdrew to Saxony without having achieved anything.
Until 966, Chèvremont Castle saw Otto I and his brother, Archbishop Brun of Cologne, the reigning Duke of Lorraine, visit several times. During their flight to Duke Hugo the Great at the end of 955, Counts Ekbert and Wichmann stopped at Chèvremont Castle.
After 972, Bishop Notger von Liège managed to seize the castle and monastery of Chèvremont with a ruse. In 987 the castle was destroyed in connection with armed conflict in Lorraine.
literature
- Studies on European prehistory and early history, Walter Schlesinger : Observations on the history and shape of the Aachen Palatinate in the time of Charlemagne
- Annual report of the Society for Useful Research on Trier, born in 1854