Holzheim Castle (Haunetal)

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Holzheim Castle
Holzheim Castle (02) .jpg
Alternative name (s): Thick tower
Creation time : Predecessor system around 650, tower 1100 to 1200
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Defense tower
Construction: Quarry stone, house stone, humpback cuboid, sandstone
Place: Haunetal - Holzheim
Geographical location 50 ° 46 '54 "  N , 9 ° 40' 16.4"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '54 "  N , 9 ° 40' 16.4"  E
Height: 320  m above sea level NN
Holzheim Castle (Hesse)
Holzheim Castle

The castle Holzheim , even Dicker Turm called, is the tower of a medieval castle in the center of the district Holzheim the community Haunetal in Hersfeld-Rotenburg in Hessen . The remains of the castle are not to be confused with the Holzheim hunting lodge in the village , but they are often mixed up in literature.

description

In the center of the village of Holzheim there is a mighty defense tower with a square floor plan and five floors, the so-called thick tower . Today it is privately owned and used as a residential complex. The tower was built in the middle of the 12th century as a residential tower for a castle. According to a legend, a child was walled in while the tower was being built. The three stone heads visible on the outer wall at a height of about 12 m show a man, a woman and a child and are associated with this legend.

When extensive ground work was necessary in its vicinity to transform the "thick tower" into a residential complex, this was used for archaeological investigations. In the process, wall sections from previous buildings and, previously completely unknown because there were no written references to this, the remains of a small medieval church were found. Round post holes were found in the foundation stones and the masonry of the tower; the original previous building was a wooden tower, which, like the ceramic shards that were also found, was possibly built around 650 in the Merovingian period. The stone tower, which was later built in its place, was probably built in the 10th or 11th century at the earliest, when stone tower structures of this type became common in Germany, but probably dates from the 12th century. The former church probably dates from the High Middle Ages .

literature

  • 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. 166 f. ( here mixed with the history of the Holzheim hunting lodge ).

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