Eschenbeck Castle

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Eschebeck Castle
Creation time : First mentioned in 1270
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Goddelsheim
Geographical location 51 ° 13 '23.9 "  N , 8 ° 46' 56.3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '23.9 "  N , 8 ° 46' 56.3"  E
Height: 395  m above sea level NHN
Eschenbeck Castle (Hesse)
Eschenbeck Castle

The castle Eschenbeck is an Outbound castle in the district of Goddelsheim between Goddelsheim and Hillershausen in northern Hesse Waldeck-Frankenberg .

location

The hilltop castle was at 395  m above sea level. NN north-west of Goddelsheim, in a small side valley of the Aar , near the Waldeck western border to today's North Rhine-Westphalia , the exact location cannot be determined.

history

By whom and when the castle was built is not known. In 1270 it was owned by the Counts of Waldeck . It is not certain whether it was already in the possession of Count Adolf I (1228–1270) or only came into the possession of the Waldecker with his successor Adolf II . In 1370, Count Heinrich VI. a contract with the Hessian Landgrave Hermann II to protect his territory against the Archdiocese of Cologne . Hesse bought half of the castle from Waldeck.

It is not known when the castle was abandoned or perhaps destroyed and then fell into disrepair. A dairy was built in its place , which still existed around 1850. After that it was probably canceled completely. Due to afforestation and the creation of a pond , no remains of the castle and dairy are visible today.

In 2002 the "Association for the Preservation of Old Cultural Property Goddelsheim eV" placed two memorial plaques near the site as a reminder of the castle.

  • Hof Eschenbeck.jpg
  • Hofgut Eschenbeck.jpg

literature

  • Louis Friedrich Christian Curtze : History of the principality of Waldeck . P. 647.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 115.

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