Landshut Castle

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Landshut Castle
Landshut Castle

Landshut Castle

Creation time : 1200 to 1300
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Keep, enclosing walls
Standing position : Clerical
Place: Bernkastel-Kues
Geographical location 49 ° 54 '40.3 "  N , 7 ° 4' 28.7"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '40.3 "  N , 7 ° 4' 28.7"  E
Height: 235  m above sea level NHN

The Landshut Castle is the ruins of a hilltop castle in Bernkastel-Kues in Rhineland-Palatinate, Bernkastel-Wittlich .

Geographical location

Landshut Castle, aerial photo (2013)
View from Landshut Castle down the Moselle
View from Landshut Castle up the Moselle

Landshut Castle is located on the western roof of the Hunsrück above Bernkastel, a district of Bernkastel-Kues. It stands on about 235  m above sea level. NHN high castle mountain , a northern foothill of Olympus ( 415  m above sea level. NHN ). The Moselle flowing towards the castle from the south-west bends below the castle (approx.  107  m above sea level ) in a north-westerly direction. As a result, travelers up and down the Moselle can see the castle appearing on the horizon from afar.

history

In the 4th century there was a late Roman fort on the site of what would later become Landshut Castle to secure military supplies along the Moselle to the Rhine border of the Roman Empire . The rectangular complex has a circumference of 60  m by 30 m with 1.8 m thick walls made of quartzite stones . The system was reinforced by six to seven towers, each 6 m by 6 m in circumference.

The hilltop castle, which today stands on the foundations of the Roman fortifications, was built at the end of the 13th century by Archbishop Heinrich von Finstingen of Trier . According to written sources, there is said to have been a Bernkastel castle as early as around 1000. Another castle of the Counts of Blieskastell is attested in the 12th century and was destroyed by the Archbishop of Trier.

After the counts of Blieskastel died out, the heirs, the counts of Salm , sold the castle and bailiwick to Kurtrier in 1280. In 1505 the Kurtrier castle was first called "Landshut". It was the seat of a bailiff who administered the Trier office of the same name . Landshut was destroyed by an unfortunate fire on January 8, 1692 and has never been rebuilt since then. It has been owned by the city since 1920. The ruin is also used as a restaurant and rest area. The accessible keep offers a view of the Moselle valley . During routine maintenance work in 2012, remains were discovered which could date from the 5th or 6th century. It is possibly one of the oldest castles in the Moselle valley.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )

literature

  • Alexander Thon, Stefan Ulrich, "Blown by the showers of the past ...". Castles and palaces on the Moselle . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7954-1926-4 , pp. 28–33.
  • Stefan Ulrich: Arras, Beilstein, Bernkastel, Cochem and Thurandt. Observations on some Moselle castles . In: Castles and Palaces. Journal for Castle Research and Monument Preservation . Vol. 49, No. 3, 2008, ISSN  0007-6201 , pp. 154-160.

Web links

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