Haneck Castle (Geroldstein)

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Haneck Castle
Haneck Castle high above the Wisper, southeast of Geroldstein

Haneck Castle high above the Wisper, southeast of Geroldstein

Alternative name (s): Hahneck
Creation time : 1386
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Nobles
Place: District Hallgarten close Geroldstein
Geographical location 50 ° 6 '23.4 "  N , 7 ° 56' 28"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '23.4 "  N , 7 ° 56' 28"  E
Height: 330  m above sea level NHN
Haneck Castle (Hesse)
Haneck Castle

The castle Haneck is the ruins of a hilltop castle in Geroldstein , a district of Heidenrod , in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in Hesse .

Geographical location

Haneck Castle rises to the south of the middle Wisper on the mountain spur at "Hanenberg" 330  m above sea level. NHN near the village of Geroldstein . Two deep neck trenches make it a summit castle . However, it lies just on the boundary of the far away Hallgarten , municipality of Oestrich-Winkel , as the municipality boundary runs along the outskirts of Geroldstein. It can be reached from Geroldstein in a short walk (approx. 15 minutes). To the west, lower down, is the Geroldstein Castle . Both castles have recently been mixed up, as Schweinsberg pointed out as early as 1884. Corrections have only been made in maps since 2010.

history

The castle with the imposing shield wall was built in 1386 over Gerhartstein (today Geroldstein) by Philipp von Gerhartstein on the Mainz territory of the Rheingau . The Archdiocese of Mainz sponsored the construction in order to secure the area against the Counts of Katzenelnbogen , whose area extended to the village and Geroldstein Castle.

The von Geroldstein family died out in 1569 with Hedderich von Gerolstein . Haneck Castle has not been inhabited since Hedderich's death and gradually fell into disrepair over the next few centuries. The castle fell to the Archbishopric of Mainz and was co-administered by the Rheingau on behalf of the Archbishop until 1804. Between 1599 and 1600 Adam von Cramberg tried unsuccessfully to enfeoff the castle.

The castle ruins are now privately owned.

investment

The octagonal keep with a 2.5 meter thick shield wall and integrated stair tower have been preserved . This is followed by closing Palas range with spitzbogigem portal Schlitzfernster, mule-like embrasure and rundbogigem portal. In the inner courtyard area of ​​the castle there is a well carved into the rock with a diameter of 2.5 meters. The castle was secured to the south by a deep ditch against the higher slope.

literature

  • Thomas Biller: Castles in the Taunus and Rheingau. A guide to history and architecture. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-79541991-2 , pp. 81-83.
  • Hellmuth Gensicke: Geroldstein's. On the history of the Nassau nobility. In: Nassau Annals . Volume 101, 1990, ISSN  0077-2887 , pp. 217-230.
  • Christofer Herrmann: Haneck Castle in the Wispertal. New research on a late medieval castle foundation. In: Nassau Annals. Volume 106, 1995, ISSN  0077-2887 , pp. 81-107 ( digitized version ).
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 490.
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 169.
  • Wolfgang Pollmann: Castles, Citizens and Authorities. Medieval and contemporary times using the example of the Geroldsteiner castles. Pollmann, [Lorch] 1997, ISBN 3-00-002324-0 .
  • Wolfgang L. Roser: The castles of the Rheingrafen and their feudal people at the time of the Salians in the Rheingau. In: Nassau Annals. Volume 103, 1992, ISSN  0077-2887 , pp. 1-26.
  • Helmut Thomä: The castles Geroldstein and Haneck in the Wispertal. In: Rheingau home letters. No. 130, 1984, p. 7.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Gensicke p. 217ff .; Herrmann p. 81ff.
  2. Herrmann p. 97
  3. Schweinsberg p. 17ff
  4. Knappe, pp. 489f. Information from the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation .
  5. Herrmann p. 93
  6. Herrmann p. 102
  7. Herrmann p. 104
  8. Pollmann p. 109