Dhronecken Castle

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View from the gate of the ruins of Dhronecken Castle to the church's bell tower
Corner tower, Dhronecken Castle

Dhronecken Castle is a former castle and today's castle in the local community of Dhronecken in Rhineland-Palatinate .

history

Around 1300 a knight Conrad von Tronecken is mentioned for the first time in writing, a little later the "Feste Troneck", which is probably much older. Some consider it the ancestral seat of the hero of the Nibelungenlied Hagen von Tronje . The castle in Dhronecken was the administrative seat of the Dhronecken office , which was also called Mark Thalfang . From 1309 it served as the retirement home of the last Templar Provincial Master or Grand Prior for Upper Germany, Friedrich Wildgraf von Kyrburg . The wildgraves' castle was besieged unsuccessfully by the Trier elector in 1403. It was the residence of the Wildgrave's bailiff until 1798 . After the French rule, it became the official residence of a Prussian chief forester in 1817. Destroyed several times, by Cologne, Imperial and French troops, and finally by an earthquake, only remnants are left, but a corner tower can still be climbed.

Farm buildings were built on the foundations of the old castle in modern times, including a larger, towering building called the "castle", which is now used as a forestry office. In addition, a barn with a beam structure serves as a community center for the community of Dhronecken. The palace gardens have been planted and cared for since 1985.

Below the castle there is a natural playground on both sides of the Thalfanger Bach . A water ford with spring stones, a forum-like play and meeting place rising up the slope, made of mighty stone blocks, wooden walkways over natural marshy terrain, playhouses, a suspension bridge and a slide, they are the first attractions for children and adults alike.

See also: Dhronecken, culture and sights

literature

  • Alexander Thon, Stefan Ulrich u. Achim Wendt, "... where a mighty tower defiantly looks down". Castles in the Hunsrück and on the Nahe, Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2493-0 , pp. 52–55.
  • Carla Regge: castle, office and village of Dhronecken . Local community Dhronecken [ed.]. Trier 1991.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold von Ledebur : General Archive for the History of the Prussian State , Volume 16, 1835, p. 112; (Digital scan)

Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '32.9 "  N , 6 ° 59" 7.4 "  E