Hallburg Castle

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Hallburg Castle
The Hallburg near Volkach

The Hallburg near Volkach

Alternative name (s): Hallburg Castle
Creation time : Probably 11th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Essential parts preserved
Standing position : Ministeriale
Place: Volkach - Hallburg
Geographical location 49 ° 51 '3.2 "  N , 10 ° 12' 46.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '3.2 "  N , 10 ° 12' 46.4"  E
Height: 230  m above sea level NN
Hallburg Castle (Bavaria)
Hallburg Castle

The Hallburg Castle , also called Hallburg Castle , is a hilltop castle at 230  m above sea level. NN high Hallburger Schlossberg above the Volkacher Mainschleife in the hallway of the Hallburg district in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen in Bavaria .

history

The castle, whose history is partly in the dark, was owned by the Counts of Castell until 1230 , who had bailiwick rights in Volkach in the 11th century . Presumably they received the castle as an imperial fief and operated it as a customs castle on the Main.

In the Atonement Treaty of January 18, 1230, Count Rupert zu Castell had to cede the castle to the diocese of Würzburg as compensation and received it back as a fiefdom . The brothers Berthold (1241, 1254), his brother Friedrich (1244) and an Albert (1248) are named as castell's servants at the castle. In 1314 the castle came to Heinrich von Hohenlohe , the first Mainzoll was raised under his rule. The Schwanberg Foxes received parts of the Hallburg, which they sold in 1334.

In 1365 the castle was transferred to Stephan Zollner zu Hallburg. The castle belonged to the Zollners until the 17th century. In the 15th century feuds and storms destroyed the Hallburg. In 1525, during the German Peasants' War , Volkacher and driver farmers looted the toll castle. In 1631 the Swedes occupied the castle and celebrated Protestant services in the chapel . Above all, however, the mismanagement of the owners aggravated the building, so that in 1634 the site was no longer lent to the customs officers.

In the 17th century the facility came to the Counts of Stadion . In 1634 the administration was left to a bailiff, as the counts hardly lived in the castle. In 1639 the castle grounds went to the Stauffenberg taverns , who remained the owners of the castle until the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss .

After the secularization in 1806, the Hallburg came to Franz Erwein von Schönborn . In the 1840s, the use of the Hallburg changed again: the secondary school of the Counts of Schönborn was based there. The palace complex was rented out frequently, in 1866 the English military moved in, and in 1869 the Russian Baron von Grothues. On September 20, 1955, the district with the castle and manor was incorporated into the town of Volkach.

Today, the castle grounds are home to the agricultural estate and the Graf von Schönborn winery with the Schlossberg vineyard , managed by the Schönborn domain administration Wiesentheid, and an inn is also housed in the castle. On May 16, 2016, the castle's kitchen area burned down. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation keeps the remains of the Hallburg under the monument number D-6-75-174-269.

Building description

After several destructions and subsequent construction phases, the built-up area of ​​the castle decreased in size. It used to be twice as big as it is today. The remains of a round tower from the 13th century have been preserved. A bridge was built on the castle complex in 1454. An inventory was made in 1490, after which the castle was only equipped with the bare essentials and mainly armor and crossbows were housed there. In 1492 there was an expansion. The wall, moat and kennel were built for the first time .

In the following centuries the complex fell into disrepair after wars and uprisings. The Counts of Stadion extended the building again. Now a snail tower was built next to the keep . In addition, the characteristic tower was provided with a roof truss . At that time people spoke of an upper and a lower castle.

The castle complex today has an oval bering . The walls are still partially preserved. The long living area from the 16th century, slightly bent in the floor plan, has stepped gables. The gable roof is interrupted by two rows of dormers . The walls of the windows made of natural stone are partially grooved . The portals in the south of the complex have interrupted gable covers. The four-storey keep cuts roughly in the middle of the long side. The tower dates back to the 13th century and is covered with a Renaissance dome . Remnants of the original outer bailey are in the west of the complex.

The castle chapel, which is under the patronage of St. Pancras , is located on the ground floor of the keep. It has rib cross vaults and has been documented since around 1400.

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Panoramic view of Hallburg

Origin of name

The name Hallburg (also Halburg in older works) is derived from Old High German . It is made up of the words hall and castle. Halle, from the old high German halla , means to hide, to hide. Burg originated from the word mountain. Hallburg therefore means hiding place on the mountain.

Say

The Zollner on a crusade

During one of the crusades , two brothers from the Zollner family sat on the Hallburg. One was already married, the other was still single. Both moved to the Holy Land together with the crusader armies and fought against the pagan Turks there. A great battle was lost by the Christians, however, and the two brothers were captured by the enemy.

After being imprisoned for long periods of time but not renouncing their faith, they were sentenced to death. When the daughter of the Turkish jailer heard this, she wept because she was also inclined to the Christian faith. She then asked the two prisoners to include her in their final prayers. On the day of the execution, the two Zollner brothers prayed to Mary in the vineyard , to whom they had often made pilgrimages, and also included the young Turkish woman.

In a dream Maria vom Volkacher Kirchberg appeared to them and waved to them. In the Hallburg, the wife of one of the customs officers, who had been left behind, also dreamed of Maria that night. So the next morning the woman went to the Kirchberg. There she discovered two men in slave clothing and a young girl in Turkish costume. She recognized her husband among them and they all prayed. The Turkish woman became the wife of the young customs officer and was baptized on the Kirchberg.

Schön-Elslein

A respected castle warden once lived on the Hallburg , whose daughter was the most beautiful girl in the whole of the Main Valley . The son of the burgrave on the Hallburg took a great liking to Elslein and she returned his love. But the father's plans were for the boy to marry a noblewoman . So the burgrave had the girl kidnapped. His son returned from a hunt and never found the girl again. Then he swore: "If Elslein is not mine in life, then in death!"

The man she was looking for had been brought to the Fichtel Mountains by the count's servants , where she lived on a charcoal burner's estate deep in the forest. She stayed here for many years before one day she fled to find her lover. When she reached the Main, her pursuers caught up with her. She jumped into the river and drowned. The young burgrave was also sitting on the Main that day and mourned when he saw the outline of his lover in the river. He jumped in and drowned too.

Knight Harlachan

The legend about the knight Harlachan (also Junker Hahla ), which was told in many surrounding villages with many variations , also originated in the Hallburg .

At the time when minstrels were still moving from castle to castle, Frau Gute lived on the Hallburg with her daughter Roselinde. Many singers competed for the beautiful Roselinde. But she loved the orphaned Junker Bodo. But this had to move into the world and left the Hallburg. However, he kept sending Ritter greetings to Roselinde, who had grown quieter after the lover had left.

One day, another scowl-faced knight visited the castle. Knight Harlachan had been captured on a crusade and had spent many years with the pagans before he fled. The burgrave , Roselinde's father, liked him and drank and played with him all night. The count set all fields, farms, forests and his castle and lost them to the stranger. With one last throw of the dice he demanded : "Your daughter to me or my profit to you!"

The burgrave lost the game and Roselinde reluctantly had to marry the knight Harlachan. After the wedding, this was no longer as raw as before and postponed the transfer of the burgrave's property. He began to look after Roselinde and was a good husband . But she longed for her childhood sweetheart Bodo and became more and more tired and quieter. One day Bodo returned to the court, but he was thrown out by Knight Harlachan.

Bodo, however, did not give up and arranged to meet Roselinde one evening. She knotted the cloths of her room together and climbed down the castle wall , where Bodo was waiting. As she was about to disappear with the adored one, it suddenly occurred to her how good Knight Harlachan had been to her. At that moment the knight jumped out of a bush and pierced them both with his sword. Roselinde's last words were: “I was loyal to you!” Thereupon the knight killed himself out of desperation. His spirit is said to still be around the Hallburg today.

The headless rider

One of the last lords of the Hallburg was Stoffel from the Zollner family. He wasted his fortune drinking and gambling, and harmed local farmers with his behavior. He also organized hunts that devastated the fields of the common people. The market ships that stopped at the foot of the Hallburg were blackmailed from him and he took the best goods.

Thereupon the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg , the ruler of the Zollner, had a troop of riders sent to Hallburg and arrested the rebel. In Würzburg he was beheaded for breaking the peace. Since then the headless rider has been haunted around the Hallburg at midnight. This story probably goes back to a true story, since in 1624 Christoph Zollner was executed for robbery in Würzburg.

literature

  • David Brinkmann: Hallburg Castle and its residents . Wuerzburg 1929.
  • Walter Schilling: The castles, palaces and mansions of Lower Franconia . 1st edition. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03516-7 , pp. 272-273.
  • Herbert Meyer: Music on the Hallburg . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Our Main Loop. 1993-2007 . Volkach 2008, DNB 989759016 .
  • Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach 1987.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Counts von Castell culture trail: Hallburg , accessed on February 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Brinkmann, David: Hallburg Castle and its residents , p. 13.
  3. ^ Brinkmann, David: Hallburg Castle and its residents , p. 47.
  4. ↑ Schilling, Walter: The castles, palaces and mansions of Lower Franconia , p. 272.
  5. ↑ Weingut Hallburg ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 1, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schoenborn.de
  6. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Fire on the Hallburg destroys the gastronomy , accessed on May 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ Geodata: Monument number D-6-75-174-269 , accessed on March 29, 2013.
  8. ^ Brinkmann, David: Hallburg Castle and its residents , p. 60.
  9. ↑ Schilling, Walter: The castles, palaces and mansions of Lower Franconia , p. 272.
  10. ↑ Geodata: Monument number D-6-75-174-269 , accessed on March 29, 2013.
  11. ^ Brinkmann, David: Hallburg Castle and its residents , p. 10.
  12. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 108.
  13. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 110.
  14. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 111.
  15. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 112.