Neuenstein Castle (Walting)

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Neuenstein Castle
View of the Nonnensteinfelsen from the Altmühl valley

View of the Nonnensteinfelsen from the Altmühl valley

Alternative name (s): Nonnenstein, Nunnenstein
Creation time : 1394
Castle type : Höhenburg, rocky location
Conservation status: only neck ditch present
Standing position : Ducal castle
Place: Walting
Geographical location 48 ° 55 '12.1 "  N , 11 ° 21' 46.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 55 '12.1 "  N , 11 ° 21' 46.7"  E
Height: 412  m above sea level NN
Neuenstein Castle (Bavaria)
Neuenstein Castle

The Castle Neuenstein was an emerging rock castle in Altmühltal on the territory of the present municipality Walting in Upper Bavarian district of Eichstatt , between the Waltinger Gemeindeteil Gungolding and Kipfenberger community town of Arnsberg .

Geographical location

The castle was to be built on a dolomite rock on the southern edge of the Altmühl valley . The rock pinnacle, which is strongly fissured in the upper part, located 412 meters above sea level, is only connected to the hinterland by a narrow rock ridge. Like the neighboring Witches' Rock, it is visible from afar from the valley floor.

history

In 1394, the Bavarian Duke Stephan der Kneißel certified that he wanted to start building a castle "Neuenstein" ("new", as it was being built not far from the older Arnsberg Castle ). His intention was to use this castle to control the traffic in the nearby Schambach valley and thus the access to his land ( Ingolstadt ) during the troubled and warlike times of that time . However, the Duke had not obtained the consent of the Bishop of Eichstätt, in whose bishopric area the castle was to be built. Bishop Friedrich IV of Oettingen therefore objected, and by contract of May 8, 1394, the duke had to cede the unfinished castle complex - probably only the neck ditch was already created - to the bishopric of Eichstätt. The castle was not built by Bishop Friedrich; he was busy with more important fortification measures.

In the vernacular, “Neuenstein” became “Nonnenstein”; the term “Nunnenstein” can also be found in the literature, incorrectly referring to the personal name “Nunno”.

description

Only a three meter deep neck ditch carved into the rock has survived of the castle complex under construction. To what extent the cleavage and cavities of the castle rock should or were included in the castle complex and whether masonry was present must remain open.

legend

From Hofstetten , four kilometers away , nuns are said to have taken their walks to the castle rock.

Others

  • Early historical graves are documented in the state forest department "Nonnenberg".
  • North-east of the castle rock, there was an abandoned in the early years of the 14th century in the valley on the left bank of Altmühl Wasserburg , the castle Rauen Werd (s) / Rauen Wörth .

literature

  • Neuenstein or Nunnenstein. In: Collection sheet of the Historical Association Eichstätt . 39 (1924), pp. 29, 34.
  • Nonnenstein near Gungolding . In: Karl Zecherle and Toni Murböck: Nature worth seeing in the Eichstätt district . Eichstätt: District of Eichstätt 1982, p. 38.
  • Gungolding. In: The Eichstätter area in the past and present. Eichstätt: Sparkasse Eichstätt 1984, p. 202f.
  • Gungolding village chronicle. Walting: Municipality of Walting 2006, especially p. 40f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ Histor. Sheets for city and District of Eichstätt 15 (1966), No. 4, p. 13
  3. ^ Regesta Boica, Vol. 11, p. 6
  4. ↑ Gungolding village chronicle, p. 40
  5. ↑ Zecherle / Murböck, p. 38
  6. ↑ Collection sheet HV Eichstätt 39 (1924), p. 29
  7. ↑ Zecherle / Murböck, p. 38
  8. ↑ Zecherle / Murböck, p. 38
  9. ↑ The Eichstätter Room, p. 203
  10. ↑ Collection sheet HV Eichstätt 39 (1924), p. 34