Kürnberg Castle
| Kürnberg Castle | |
|---|---|
| Alternative name (s): | Altsachsenburg, Altsaxenburg |
| Creation time : | 1280, 1286 (first documented mention) |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, brickwork above day no longer available |
| Place: | City of Leonding , Rufling district |
The Kürnberg Castle was probably located in Rufling near the “Schneider im Kürnberg” farm. The abandoned hilltop castle formed the center of Konrad von Kapellen's territory in the early 14th century .
history
Probably Konrad von Kürnberg, named 1140/1147, who belonged to the lower knightly nobility, was most certainly resident at Kürnberg near Wilhering. This Konrad was sitting on a manor on the Kürnberg , which, like the later castle, is located on the slope north-west of the “Schneider in Kürnberg” farm. Around 1155 a Gerold von Kürnberg documents; a Walter von Kürnberg appears in 1161 in a document from Abbot Gebhard II of Wilhering Abbey among the "little knightly people". After the Kürnbergers died out towards the end of the 12th century, the Kürnberg headquarters probably became the property of Ministerial Ernst von Traun, who also called himself Ernst von Kürnberg.
The first mention of a castle in Kürnberg dates back to October 18, 1286. At that time, Bishop Bernhart von Passau confirmed an exchange between Pastor Heinrich von Linz and Konrad von Kapellen; Pastor Heinrich exchanged a property "in Rudefing a prope Castrum in Chumberg " for one "an der Steinen Bruggen sito prope civitotem Lincensem". In the 13th century, the castle was mentioned several times in exchange and purchase documents. Konrad von Kapellen († 1315) does not seem to have had any children and therefore his inheritance passed to his sister Agnes, who was also childless and only survived her brother briefly († 1318). So the property went to Janns (Johann) von Kapellen, a Kapeller from the Steyregger line.
Janns von Kapellen united Konrad's dominion as "Amt Traunfeld" with his rule of Steyregg. Thus the Kürnberg Castle came to Steyregg; this emerges from several contracts in which Janns transferred his "Hauß Khirnberg" to secure his daughter Elisabeth's marriage property and in other cases. Even if the successors of the chaplains lived at Steyregg Castle, Kürnberg Castle did not remain uninhabited, but was occupied by carers . "Reger, called the Chrempstarffer ze den zeiten purgraf ze Chürnberch" is known as the first keeper in 1349. It is also certain that Eberhart, the grandson of Janns von Kapellen, owned the Kürnberg Castle ("vesst churnwerck"). A number of castle keepers are known from his time. Eberhart († 1406/07) was the last male descendant of the Kapeller. A violent dispute broke out between the husbands of Eberhart's two daughters over his inheritance. These were Hartneid von Liechtenstein (married to Dorothea) and Jörg von Datlisberg (married to Wilbirg), plus the claims of Reinprecht II von Walsee as the former husband Agnes von Kapellen. After the inheritance disputes had been clarified, the Steyregg properties on the Kürnberg came to the Lichtensteiners and the castle was again occupied by administrators. The last carer on Kürnberg is Idung (Udung) der Herleinsberger; this appears on August 5, 1424 and January 21, 1426 in documents of the Wilhering Abbey . After Hartneid von Lichtenstein's death (around 1427), his successors on Steyregg are unlikely to have appointed any further carers.
The castle existed until 1490 in any case. The castle is also mentioned in the Steyegger Urbar from 1481. At the end of the 15th century, however, the castle no longer appears to have been used as an administrative seat and was therefore abandoned. That they were due to a fire in the course of the so-called Liechtenstein feud (1476–1477) against Emperor Friedrich III. was destroyed (there are signs of fire on the castle site at the “Schneider im Kürnberg”), is a plausible assumption.
location
The castle is said to have been located near the towns of Rufling and Dörnbach. In 1884 a medieval castle site was found north-west of Rufling near the “Schneider im Kürnberg” farm on a hill surrounded by deep and wide ditches. The tailor's farm had been exchanged by Konrad von Kapellen once and is one of the oldest Steyregg property on the Kürnberg.
It is somewhat irritating that on a card "Rufling", which, however, dates from the 18th century, the castle location at the "Schneider im Kürnberg" is referred to as "Seeberg Castle" in the Upper Austrian State Museum ; however, this cannot be assumed for this location. However, the field names “Seeberg”, “Sacherberg” can be related to “Sachsenburg” without this castle actually ever existing.
Kürnberg Castle today
Little has been preserved of the castle, as Emperor Maximilian I probably used the burned down Kürnberg Castle as a material depot for his Sachsenburg hunting lodge . However, after Ludwig Benesch's survey in 1910, the ramparts of Kürnberg Castle are still preserved as earth substructures near the “Schneider im Kürnberg” farm (100 × 50 m in size), masonry above the day is no longer available. Excavation finds (ceramic shards, ashes, animal bones) have been brought from the Reichenstein Castle Museum to the Upper Austrian State Museum.
literature
- Walter Aspernig: History of the Kürnberg near Linz. A contribution to the Upper Austrian. National history. In: Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz 1967. Linz 1968, p. 11–151 ( p. 11–50 (PDF) in Forum OoeGeschichte.at, p. 51–90 (PDF; 6.1 MB) in Forum OoeGeschichte.at, p 91–130 (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, pp. 131–151 and images (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
- Ludwig Benesch: To solve the Kürnberg riddle. 68th annual report of the Museum Francisco-Carolinum, Linz 1910 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
- Christian K. Steingruber : The Kürnbergburg - prehistoric and early historical monuments on the Kürnberg. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Issue 3/4, volume 57, Linz 2003, pp. 69–114.
- Christian K. Steingruber: Research area Kürnberg: New knowledge about prehistoric and early historical soil monuments. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Volume 61, Linz 2007, pp. 165-190.
Web links
- Hörsching: Our vision - our mission statement (2012) (PDF; 877 kB)