Hartenstein Castle (Eimelrod)

Hartenstein
Creation time :	1347, first mentioned
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Nobles
Place:	Willingen - Eimelrod
Geographical location	51 ° 18 '5 "  N , 8 ° 42' 45"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 18 '5 "  N , 8 ° 42' 45"  E
Height:	559  m above sea level NHN

The Burg Hartenstein is a Outbound hilltop castle on 559  m above sea level. NHN near Eimelrod , a district of the municipality of Willingen in the northern Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .

history

Eimelrod belonged to the Itter rule . Landgrave Heinrich II of Hesse promised the Lords of Itter to help them build this castle to secure their territory. The castle was built on the "Heissenstein", a mountain spur east of Eimelrod. It was first mentioned in a document in 1347. The Archdiocese of Mainz objected to the construction on the basis of a contract from the year 1355 with Hesse, and the complete demolition began in 1356. The castle therefore only existed for a few years. There are no visible remains.

The former Iterian area later became a Hesse-Darmstadt enclave in the middle of the county of Waldeck . Only after Waldeck was annexed to Prussia in 1929 did this enclave become part of the Eisenberg district .

literature

• Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 119.

Web links

• Hartenstein Castle, Willingen municipality (Upland). Castles, palaces, mansions. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Cartographic representation 1: 25,000 .  In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

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