Falkenberg Castle (Erlabrunn)

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Falkenberg Castle
View over the castle grounds from the east

View over the castle grounds from the east

Creation time : around 1170–80
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Wall remains
Place: Erlabrunn - "Volkenberg"
Geographical location 49 ° 51 '45.3 "  N , 9 ° 49' 58.7"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '45.3 "  N , 9 ° 49' 58.7"  E
Height: 330  m above sea level NHN
Falkenberg Castle (Bavaria)
Falkenberg Castle

The castle Falkenberg is the ruins of a medieval hilltop castle at 330  m above sea level. NHN on a mountain spur on the south-eastern edge of the Volkenberg west high above Erlabrunn in the district of Würzburg in Bavaria .

history

The castle was founded around 1170–80 by the lords of Falkenberg, feudal men of the lords of Ravensburg , a Würzburg ministerial family. The Ravensburg Castle , Burg Ravensburg , was located opposite on the right-hand side of the Main . The Falkenbergers and the Ravensburger ruled the Main Valley north of Würzburg from both castles and held a powerful position in the Würzburg Monastery .

After Bodo von Ravensburg and Heinrich von Falkenberg murdered the Würzburg bishop Konrad von Querfurt on December 3, 1202 , both castles were razed and the lords of the castle and their helpers were taken over by Pope Innocent III. put under the curse . Despite the later dissolution of the ban, the castles were not rebuilt.

description

The elongated castle complex, of which only a few remains of the wall testify, had a keep with a diameter of seven meters. A larger section of the wall, which could have belonged to an outer wall or a bailey , can be found on the ascent from the left side of the Main. Remains of a semicircular neck moat and other moats are also preserved. There is a small chapel on the edge of the castle grounds, which are surrounded by one of the largest black pine stands in southern Germany .

literature

  • Joachim Dittrich: Castle ruins in Lower Franconia - around Würzburg . Verlag Michaela Naumann, Nidderau 2006, ISBN 3-936622-74-4 , pp. 93-98.
  • Peter Rückert: Ravensburg and Falkenberg - The story of two castles in the Staufer era . Land consolidation directorate Würzburg (ed.). 1992.

Remarks

In the open-air play "Broken Swings", which was performed in Erlabrunn from 1995 to 2005, the history of Ravensburg and Falkenberg Castle was presented. The performance was resumed in 2009 on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Erlabrunn.

Web links

Commons : Burg Falkenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.gebbruche-schwingen.de/index.html www.gebrafene-schwingen.de