Kirchbrombach Castle

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Kirchbrombach Castle
The churchyard wall still contains parts of the former castle complex.

The churchyard wall still contains parts of the former castle complex.

Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Kirchbrombach
Geographical location 49 ° 44 '8.7 "  N , 8 ° 57' 7.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 44 '8.7 "  N , 8 ° 57' 7.4"  E
Height: 280  m above sea level NN
Kirchbrombach Castle (Hesse)
Kirchbrombach Castle

The Kirchbrombach castle is a largely abandoned spur castle at 280  m above sea level. NN in Kirchbrombach , a district of the municipality Brombachtal in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse .

history

The place Kirchbrombach since 1012 in documents in the possession of the Fulda Abbey as the center of a 14 places comprehensive centering tangible. It is possible that a castle-like structure or a fortified courtyard already existed at this time. In the 13th century, the Lords of Breuberg took the Zent as a fiefdom . At the latest they had a castle built, which is documented in 1329 and 1368 as a castrum . It is possible that the castle was owned by the Breuberg branch of Frankenstein for a short time around 1300 .

With the extinction of the Breubergers, the property remained part of the Breuberg estate , which was now divided into Wertheim and Erbach property. In 1426/27 the construction of a half-timbered building in the castle is reported, which Count Michael von Wertheim personally inspected. However, the castle lost its importance as a fortification and was largely demolished in the 15th century in favor of today's church, with the exception of parts of the current churchyard wall and the half-timbered building mentioned, which existed until 1753.

investment

From the castle complex, which was on a flat spur, only parts of the (slightly displaced) square wall ring are preserved as today's churchyard wall, roughly head-high. It had a thickness of about 1.50 m. Ramps and moats are said to have been visible as late as the 19th century. The outer bailey was probably located in the area of ​​today's castle courtyard .

Today's Protestant Church

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites. 3rd edition Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 551.
  • Thomas Steinmetz: Castles in the Odenwald. Verlag Ellen Schmid, Brensbach 1998, ISBN 3-931529-02-9 , p. 103.
  • Thomas Steinmetz: A certificate on the early history of the Breuberg rule. In: Der Odenwald , Heft 1, 2000, pp. 3–12.