Dachsbach Castle

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Dachsbach Castle
Dachsbach's landmark, the residential tower of the former moated castle

Dachsbach's landmark, the residential tower of the former moated castle

Alternative name (s): Dachsbach moated castle, Hohes Haus
Creation time : 8th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Residential tower, parts of the curtain wall
Construction: Humpback cuboid
Place: Dachsbach
Geographical location 49 ° 38 '29 "  N , 10 ° 42' 11.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 38 '29 "  N , 10 ° 42' 11.8"  E
Height: 280  m above sea level NHN
Dachsbach Castle (Bavaria)
Dachsbach Castle

The castle Dachsbach is the former residential tower of Wasserburg on the western edge of Dachsbach in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria .

The complex is also called Wasserschloss Dachsbach and, because of its six-story construction, occasionally called the Hohes Haus. It is one of the landmarks of Dachsbach.

Geographical location

The Dachsbach Castle is located in the Aischgrund at an altitude of 280  m above sea level. NN about halfway between Neustadt an der Aisch and Höchstadt an der Aisch . The preserved tower allows a view over the southern foothills of the Steigerwald . The floods of the Aisch sometimes cut off the way to Oberhöchstädt .

history

The fertile and fish-rich lowlands of the Aischgrund were densely populated early on. Traces of settlements and monuments from the Neolithic , Hallstatt and Latène periods are a few minutes' walk up and down the river. The valley was an important trade route, on which goods of all kinds were also rafted and grained, which from the Carolingian period required the establishment of fortified posts. At the place of the border castle on the ford through the Aisch, a fortified seat ( fixed house ) with the noble Heinrich von Dachsbach is attested as early as 1129 . The moated castle was first named "castrum" in 1280 when it was acquired by the Nuremberg burgrave Friedrich III. Mentioned for 500 silver marks by Count Ludwig von Oettingen.

During the Peasants' War , the castle was captured by rebellious peasants on May 9, 1525, and plundered and burned down under Herding. In 1553 the castle was captured by the Nuremberg people during the Second Margrave War . On 12 November 1553, the castle was in order to snatch the archenemies again by Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades looped , the " moneybags to teach" burning . In the same year, the castle was rebuilt and a water-powered mill and sawmill was built right next to it.

In the Thirty Years' War the castle was destroyed in 1632–1634 and then the residential tower was rebuilt. In 1700–1701 the parish church of St. Mary was built in place of the castle chapel . In 1798 the round tower of the outer curtain wall was converted into a garden house.

description

Medieval round tower, former corner bastion of the former castle fortifications

The partly walled, 1.3 hectare site (D-5-6330-0036) is slightly elevated by two to three meters above the Aischgrund , in a river bend with the Saulach flowing in there from the left. The moated castle complex on the rectangular area had a moat-reinforced small core castle (main castle) in the northwest corner . Its Luginsland , a mighty, square, 25-meter-high residential tower made of humpback ashlars with four main floors and a high entrance has been preserved . (D-5-75-117-5) The entrance to the vault, more garderobe with corbels and the patch after 1593 attic whose gable from northwest to southeast rises showing portions of the construction history. From the 150 meters southeast, bailey in the east corner of the site of the squat, round is Flankierungsturm obtained, which was converted in 1798 to the Summer House (D-5-75-117-1). To the east of the main castle was the former castle chapel from the 14th century. This was built over in 1700 with the Protestant parish church St. Marien (D-5-75-117-3), to which a small cemetery is attached. In 1851 the former school and town hall was built on the site (D-5-75-117-3). From 1797 to 1812 further parts of the castle were built over with the office and justice house (D-5-75-117-4) and auxiliary buildings.

For decades the residential tower was only in ruins and the area was only used as a storage area for the neighboring sawmill with a joinery. Under the directory numbers inserted above, there is a protection of the ground and building heritage (Kirchplatz 1 to 6).

Todays use

Since 2005, art campaigns and auctions have been held regularly in the early summer in the partially restored tower.

Stork breeding pairs have been nesting on the roof of the tower for a long time ; During the renovation of the roof, the chimney was broken off and for cost reasons it was decided not to replace it. Since no nesting basket was installed as a substitute, the storks have since found no place to rest and nest elsewhere.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flood in the Aischgrund
  2. ↑ Exit from town in the event of flooding
  3. ^ Flood risk map Bavaria Dachsbach-Uehlfeld
  4. ↑ Dachsbach Castle at hdbg.eu
  5. ^ Max Döllner: History of the development of the city of Neustadt an der Aisch up to 1933. Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt ad Aisch 1950, p. 463.
  6. ↑ Dachsbacher history at dachsbach.de
  7. ^ Entry on Dachsbach Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
  8. ↑ Dachsbach Castle building stock at hdbg.eu
  9. ↑ Dachsbach Castle at burgenwelt.de
  10. ↑ Monuments in Dachsbach
  11. ^ Press coverage of art events in Dachsbach Castle
  12. ^ Art project - days in Dachsbach