Neidenfels Castle
| Neidenfels Castle | ||
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 Stair tower at Neidenfels Castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1330 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Count Palatine | |
| Place: | Neidenfels | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 23 '30.1 " N , 8 ° 2' 44.9" E | |
| Height: | 258 m above sea level NN | |
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The Neidenfels Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 258 m above sea level. NN high rock on the "Schlossberg" above the place of the same name Neidenfels in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
history
The castle was built around 1330 by Count Palatine Rudolf II as a successor to Lichtenstein Castle on the neighboring ridge. The first written mention was in 1338.
Feudal people were the lords of Lichtenstein , Gerhard and Johannes von Odenbach , Wachenheim and Moosbach. In 1356 Johann von Wachenheim lent the Count Palatine 500 gold guilders to expand the Neidenfels. The tenants in 1409 were Dieter II Landschad von Steinach and his wife Irmgard, who were to invest 400 guilders in the castle. A year later when he took office, Elector Ludwig III enfeoffed. the noble von Steinhausen with the Neidenfels, followed by the family of Angellocher .
Reiteroberst, Peter Beutterich , diplomat and member of the government, received Neidenfels property in 1577 from Elector Johann Casimir , the " hunter from Electoral Palatinate ", and became his "Foreign Minister".
The castle was blown up in 1689 by the French in the Palatinate War of Succession . Forester Glöckle had vineyard terraces laid out on the castle hill with stones from the castle in 1749 , but without success.
The Neidenfels local council accepted the castle as a gift in 1935, and maintenance work began.
Comprehensive conservation measures worth 300,000 DM took place in 1986.
Naming
There are different approaches to explaining where the name Neidenfels comes from. Two of these are considered particularly likely.
1. Theory
The word Neidenfels is based on the Old German words: Nydenfelz, Nydenfelß, Nidenfels, which means something like Niederfels or lower rock and comes from the Old German word Nid = Nida = below. What was probably meant was the rock on which Neidenfels Castle is located, which, compared to the higher rock of Lichtenstein Castle , was lower than that.
2. theory
In Middle High German / Old High German, "nid" (ahd.), "Nit" (mhd.) Is translated as "zeal and wrath of a warrior". It is assumed that the name is an indication of the resentment of the neighbors, which had to be warded off. This was probably due to the function of Neidenfels Castle as a battle and stronghold .
Say
According to legend, Lichtenstein Castle was still opposite and it was inhabited by a brother of the lord of the castle, who got along very well at the beginning. But after a while the owner of the Neidenfels became jealous, and developed resentment and hatred towards his brother. Since he was afraid of a duel, he sneakily shot him with an arrow through the window. From then on there was only the Neidenfels Castle and gave the place its name.
When the castle was already in ruins and the population avoided the eerie place, two young shepherds led their goats to the pasture in front of the castle one evening. When the bells of the Nikolauskapelle rang, they wanted to round up their flock and go home. But the two most valuable goats were missing. One of the brothers ventured through the undergrowth to Burg. He met a white woman at a crevice. She didn't give him back the goats, but she filled his pocket with something heavy. However, he is only allowed to check what it is at home. When he met his brother again, he wanted to know what was in the bag, but he didn't show him. The brother was too curious and reached into his pocket and took out some of the contents, it was goat dung. But the brother waited until he got home until he looked at the rest of the stuff in his pocket and discovered gold.
swell
- Information board at the castle
literature
- Palatinate Castle Lexicon (Contributions to Palatinate History 12.3), Vol. 3: I – N, ed. v. Jürgen Keddigkeit , Ulrich Burkhart u. Rolf Übel , Kaiserslautern 2005. ISBN 3-927754-51-X
- Walter Herrmann: On Red Rock . Karlsruhe 2004
- Thon, Reither, Pohlit: How swallows nests stuck to the rocks ... . Regensburg 2005
- Philipp Karch, Neidenfels "Chronicle of a forest village". Neidenfels / Lambrecht 1968
Web links
- Castle ruin Neidenfels on the website of the Palatinate Forest Association Neidenfels
- Historical reconstruction drawing