Hohenfels Castle (Allendorf)

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Hohenfels Castle
View of the Hohenfels, the location of the double castle

View of the Hohenfels, the location of the double castle

Alternative name (s): Hohenfels double castle
Creation time : unknown - dragged in 1293
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Dautphetal - Allendorf
Geographical location 50 ° 51 '25 "  N , 8 ° 35' 32"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '25 "  N , 8 ° 35' 32"  E
Height: 402  m above sea level NN
Hohenfels Castle (Hesse)
Hohenfels Castle

The Hohenfels between Allendorf and Buchenau is located in the municipality Dautphetal in Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hessen . It was the ancestral seat of the Lords of Hohenfels , the local lords in the area of ​​what is now the Dautphetal community.

Geographical location

The Höhenburg consists of a double castle on the summits of the Hohenfels and the small Hohenfels and is located at around 400 m above sea level. NN. It can be assumed that the castle complex was built in several construction phases. The older part of the double castle is the western castle with an area of ​​around 560 m², the eastern part is also smaller at around 390 m².

history

The exact construction date of the castles is unknown. The castles were owned by the Lords of Hohenfels. The family was first mentioned in 1174, when a Ludwig von Hohenfels appeared as a witness for Landgrave Heinrich Raspe .

In a document dated July 29, 1249, Konrad, Gumpert and Eckhard von Hohenfels, Volpert Hosekin and Siegfried Slimph are named as lords of the castle. The Lords of Hohenfels were on the side of the Archbishopric Mainz , which is why Hohenfels Castle was razed in 1293 under Landgrave Heinrich I. According to archaeological findings, the castle has not been used since the end of the 13th century.

Since only a few parts of the former complex can still be seen, it remained undiscovered for a long time. With the help of the University of Marburg , the Hohenfels Castle Association has been researching and maintaining the castle ruins since 1997 .

investment

A few remains of the wall and parts of the castle's cellar vaults can still be seen. The facility is freely accessible and is now provided with information boards.

  • Floor plan around 1850

  • Environment map

literature

  • Michael Losse : The Lahn - castles and palaces. From Biedenkopf and Marburg via Gießen, Wetzlar and Weilburg to Limburg, Nassau and Lahnstein . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-070-9 , pp. 37-39.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 278.

Web links

Commons : Hohenfels Castle  - Collection of Images