Hamershusen Castle

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Hamershusen
Alternative name (s): Hamershausen, Hamirshusen , Gerlachshausen, Gerlachshusen
Creation time : before the end of 1356
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: departed
Standing position : Nobility (knight)
Place: Rockenberg
Geographical location 50 ° 25 '48.8 "  N , 8 ° 45' 57.8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 25 '48.8 "  N , 8 ° 45' 57.8"  E
Height: 220  m above sea level NN
Hamershusen Castle (Hesse)
Hamershusen Castle

Hamershusen Castle or Gerlachshausen Castle is a fixed house known from written tradition , called solich hus Hamershusen , in the district of Rockenberg in the Wetteraukreis in Hesse . The castle was mentioned several times in legal disputes between the Archbishops of Mainz and in the second half of the 14th century. Both names were used as place names at the same time.

location

The location of the fortification or the deserted area "Hamershusen" was determined by Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner in 1854 based on the field name " Hammelshausen " in the northeastern part of the Rockenberg area . In the district of Rocky Mount is "still finds the Hamer Huser way " and on the neighboring district of Münzenberg the field name " ahn Hamelßhausen ". In the country Informationssystem Hessen two different positions are given. So that the area between the two source streams of the Hammelshausen trench can be seen as the presumable location of the abandoned small castle . Archaeological investigations have not yet taken place.

history

The Archbishop of Mainz Gerlach von Nassau (1346-1371) commissioned the construction of a castle in Hamershusen by the knight and Nieder-Olmer burgrave Johann Mertz von Kriftel before the end of 1356 . The reason for the construction of the castle was the disputes between Archbishop Gerlach and Kuno von Falkenstein , his adversary over the Archbishop's chair in Mainz, who was able to rely on the Munzenberg and Butzbach castles .

As a result, a dispute arose over ownership of the castle between the archbishop and Johann Mertz von Kriftel, who had built the castle on his own property . The archbishop occupied the castle, named it "Gerlachshausen" in order to substantiate his claim to property rights and handed the castle over to Count Johann von Nassau-Merenberg .

In 1356, Emperor Karl IV granted Archbishop Gerlach the right to found cities near the castles Haßloch and "Gerlachshausen" near Munzenberg.

The disputes between the archbishop and Johann Mertz von Kriftel over ownership of the castle and some goods near the castle continued in 1368. In May 1370 the dispute was settled. The archbishop gave the castle back to the son of the same name of the builder Johann Mertz von Kriftel. He had to give the castle to the archbishop as a fief and in future make it available as an open house .

At the end of October 1384, Hamershusen Castle was owned by Johann Mertz von Kriftel and his wife Margarethe, daughter of the late knight Johan von Esch (en) bach . With the approval of the Archbishop of Mainz, Adolf I, he was allowed to transfer 1000 small Mainz gulden in the form of a castle and associated property as a Wittum . The rights of the diocese and archbishopric had to be preserved.

In November 1398 Johann Mertz von Kriftel was allowed to use an enfeoffed Hube Land in Hamershusen as pledge for a debt to the brothers Herman, Henne and Fritzichin, brothers Cleinen von Hohenberg . The castle or the fortress house is no longer mentioned.

See also

literature

  • Stefan Grathoff: Archbishop's Castle of Mainz , Geschichtliche Landeskunde, Vol. 58, Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1st edition 2005. At the same time, Mainz, University, dissertation, 1996. ISBN 978-3-515-08240-2 . Pp. 32, 44, 58, 66, 157.
  • Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : The desertions in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , Bd. 1, Darmstadt 1854, p. 307 on "Gerlachshausen", p. 308 on "Hammelshausen". Online (accessed June 9, 2014)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Regest : RIplus Regg. EB Mainz 2.1 n. 2627 , in: Regesta Imperii Online (Online); accessed on May 24, 2018
  2. ^ A b Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner: The desertions in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , vol. 1, Darmstadt 1854, p. 307 on "Gerlachshausen", p. 308 on "Hammelshausen". Online (accessed June 9, 2014)
  3. ↑ Search "Hammelshausen Rockenberg" .  Hessian field names. (As of March 20, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ↑ Hammel Hausen, Wetteraukreis. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of February 17, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on May 24, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Gerlachshausen, Wetteraukreis. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of April 30, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on May 24, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Hamershusen Castle on www.burgenlexikon.eu ; accessed on May 24, 2018
  7. ↑ Regesta Imperii, Vol. VIII No. 2554 . In: Regesta Imperii Online (accessed June 9, 2014)

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