Landeck Castle (Rhön)

Landeck Castle
Landeck castle ruins photographed in the direction of the “Tanzplatz”
Alternative name (s):	Old castle
Creation time :	1234
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	ruin
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Schenklengsfeld -Oberlengsfeld
Geographical location	50 ° 49 '33 "  N , 9 ° 51' 55"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 49 '33 "  N , 9 ° 51' 55"  E
Height:	470  m above sea level NHN

The ruins of Landeck Castle are located at around 470 m on a rock spur of the Landecker Berg north-east of the Oberlengsfeld district of Schenklengsfeld in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district .

history

The Spornburg was built in 1234 by the Hersfeld Abbey as an official castle. 1317 a Hersfeld bailiff is announced in "Landecke"; after that, the office was often pledged in the 14th and 15th centuries - most recently to Mainz , from which it was redeemed in 1454. During the Peasants' War in 1525 there was considerable unrest in Hersfeld and the surrounding area. Landgrave Philipp von Hessen came to the aid of the distressed abbot, put down the uprising and annexed large parts of the imperial abbey, including the Landecker Amt , to cover his costs . It was probably during this time that the castle was destroyed.

The remaining wall remains of the curtain wall were restored and fortified in 1982.

According to his handwritten autobiography, the journalist August Spies was born in the ruins of the castle in 1855.

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 , pp. 184-185.
• K. Sippel: Landeck Castle and the Carolingian burial ground of Hilmes. Leaflet to two archaeological sites in the community of Schenklengsfeld , Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, Wiesbaden 1989, ISBN 3-89822-086-9 . 12 pp.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ autobiography of August Spies ( memento of the original from May 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 30, 2013 from the Chicago Historical Society website  

Web links

Commons : Burg Landeck (Schenklengsfeld)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• "Landeck Castle, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).