Frauenburg Castle (Frauenberg, Nahe)
| Frauenburg Castle | ||
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 Frauenburg Castle |
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| Creation time : | before 1327 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Frauenberg | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 39 '49 " N , 7 ° 17' 2.5" E | |
| Height: | 328 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Frauenburg is the ruin of a medieval spur castle south of Sonnenberg-Winnenberg and Frauenberg in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The castle stands on a narrow mountain spur not far from the Nahe . The mountain spur is formed by the Aubach and the Ellenbach.
history
The Frauenburg was built before 1327 by the Counts of Sponheim and belonged to the back county. It served the Countess Loretta von Sponheim from 1331 as a widow's seat after she passed the government business to her son Johann III. had passed. The Frauenburg was later the official residence of a local bailiff. The castle was destroyed in 1673 in the so-called wild-catching feud by Lorraine troops. The Frauenburg is not identical to the castle near Birkenfeld, built by Baldwin of Luxembourg in 1328 .
description
The castle has a rectangular floor plan. There are round towers at the corners and on the north-eastern long side . The tower on the long side protected the former entrance. The round towers on the attack side are almost fully preserved, in front of which there is a neck ditch . Maintenance and renovation work, some of which differ from the original system, was completed in 1988. In 2013 an extensive restoration to preserve the building fabric was started, which was concluded with a big celebration in the castle complex on August 30, 2015. The 33 m high south tower can be climbed as an observation tower by arrangement .
literature
- Alexander Thon, Stefan Ulrich, Achim Wendt: "... where a mighty tower stubbornly looks down" - castles in the Hunsrück and on the Nahe . 1st edition. Schnell und Steiner publishing house, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2493-0 , pp. 62–67.
- Johannes Mötsch : Trier and Sponheim . In: Johannes Mötsch and Franz-Josef Heyen (eds.): Balduin von Luxemburg. Archbishop of Trier - Elector of the Empire. Festschrift on the occasion of the 700th year of birth . Mainz 1985, pp. 357-389.
Web links
- Entry on Burg Frauenburg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Pictures of the Frauenburg on Historische-orte.de
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun
Individual evidence
- ^ A b State castles, palaces and antiquities in Rhineland-Palatinate; Guide to the state palace administration of the State Office for Monument Preservation in Rhineland-Palatinate, issue 7, 3rd edition, p. 68
- ↑ Frauenburg: There is a real celebration at the renovated castle ruins - public tours in the Rhein-Zeitung on August 25, 2015, accessed on March 14, 2016
- ↑ Information based on information from the municipality on March 14, 2016