Teufelsburg (Saarland)
| Devil's Castle | ||
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 The Teufelsburg in Felsberg |
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| Alternative name (s): | Neufilsberg Castle, Neufelsberg | |
| Creation time : | 1360 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Duke of Lorraine | |
| Construction: | Sandstone from Felsberg, renewed 2009–2010 | |
| Place: | Felsberg | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 18 '7.9 " N , 6 ° 41' 40.1" E | |
| Height: | 320 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Teufelsburg is a ruined castle in Felsberg , a district of the municipality of Überherrn , in the Saarlouis district in Saarland . The historical name is Neu-Felsberg .
Geographical location
The Teufelsburg castle ruins are located west of Saarlouis on the edge of the central Saar Valley on a mountain spur northeast of 353.7 m above sea level. NHN high Schloßberg at a height of approx. 320 m . It is located north of Felsberg and can be easily reached from the Oberfelsberg district via a farm road. The premium circular hiking trail Vauban-Steig also leads past the castle ruins . The castle offers a very good view of the Saar valley and the Hunsrück .
history
The Spornburg was built by Duke Johann I of Lorraine between 1354 and 1360 after Altenfelsberg Castle was destroyed . The first written mention of Neufilsberg (= Neu-Felsberg) comes from the year 1370. In 1699 Neufelsberg appears for the last time in a document. At that time it was already destroyed and no longer inhabited. The stones of the castle were used in the construction of the Saarlouis fortress in 1680 .
The Teufelsburg consists of two actual castle complexes, an upper castle ( outer castle , old castle) towards the mountain and a lower castle ( main castle ) downhill. It was excavated again from 1968 and rebuilt in its basic form according to the existing foundations (main castle) and restored from 2009 to 2010. The upper castle (the old castle) disappeared after 1680 due to the quarries.
An older castle complex , Altenfelsberg Castle , was first mentioned in a document on October 18, 1179. Altfelsberg, however, had a different location, on the Hanseberg St. Barbara Wallerfangen . Altfelsberg Castle was destroyed to the ground by the Elector and Archbishop Balduin von Trier in 1341.
The name "Teufelsburg", which the castle carries in the vernacular, can be traced back to a legend. According to this, a knight of the castle is said to have made a pact with the devil before a duel and sold his soul. Even today his screaming should be heard from time to time when he goes to hell.
The basis of the excavation and restoration of the Teufelsburg was a complete survey of the castle grounds, which was carried out by Bernd Arwed Richter. A first reconstruction model was created on the basis of the measurement data determined.
Inside there is a small museum (guided tour by appointment) with finds from the excavations. From April 22, 2007 tools and utensils from the sandstone quarries on Schlossberg, as well as fossils ( Trias = 240 million years ago) and minerals from Felsberg will be on display. However, visitors are primarily attracted by the magnificent view of the wide Saar Valley towards Saarlouis .
The first knight at Neufelsberg Castle was Arnold von Filsberg, a grandson of Arnold von der Brücke Herr von Siersburg and Felsberg (called the Devil ).
Arnold von Velßperg (Felsberg) (* before 1310; † 1380)
Neufelsberg Anno 1370 On April 14th 1367 a settlement takes place between Archbishop Cuno von Trier (1362-1388), Arnould von Velsperg and the noblemen Johann von Swartzberg and Bertram von Gudinberg because of the exercise of their patronage rights to Bernkastel. On April 3, 1353, Arnould von Velperg and his wife Lysa declare that Hennekin von Firwiller (Altforweiler or Fürweiler) had redeemed the pledge in the Odenhofen court, which Arnould held together with his father-in-law Richard von Croquere. In 1370, Chevallier Arnould von Velsperg took the oath of feudal oath to Duke John of Lorraine. On February 17, 1371, the knights Arnould von Velsperg and Heinrich von dem Berge seal the contract between the nobleman Goilbilchen von Bibingen and the Count of Saarbrücken. On the day before the feast of St. In 1370 Mathias Arnould explains that he had received the Neufelsberg fortress with its dependencies from the Duke of Lorraine, which should be open to the Duke and his heirs at all times. The lion is on his seal. On the Sunday before Margaret's Day in 1379, knight Arnould von Velsperg and his wife Lysa, with the consent of their children Richard and Gerhard, sell all justice and inheritance claims in the village and under the spell of Mörchingen (Merchingen, Merzig district) to the abbot and monastery of Mettlach .
Richard von Velßperg (Felsberg) (* around 1340, † after 1390)
Richard was married to Sophie von Mersch. The marriage was childless. Richard von Felsberg, son of Arnold von Felsberg. In 1380 and 1386 Richard von Felsberg, bailly of Germany, appears in a file that Jakob and Franz von Sierck, Enfried von Esch, Eberhard von Dullingen, Ferry von Montclair, Conrad von Mengen, Herr von Heyenberg; Wilhelm von Berus, former bailly; Vauthier and Wilhelm von Hymersdorf, Burgrave von Schaumberg and Junker Jakob von Esch, Schöffe von Sierck, signed.
On February 6th, 1385 Archbishop Cuno (1362-1385) notarized Richard von Felsberg the right of repurchase to the Archbishop for eight hundred guilders sold at Merzig. Richard von Felsberg died between 1388 and 1390.
His widow Sophie von Mersch took over the rule. (Motte speaks of a gap here that he was unable to fill). He was succeeded by von Hutzingen von Neuerburg, who also called themselves von Felsberg.
With Richard's death, the male line of the Brücker family became extinct.
Sophie von Mersch - Hutzing (*?; † 1444)
After the death of Richard von Felsberg-Mersch (around 1388/1390), his widow Sophie took over the rule of Felsberg. Sophie von Mersch married Werner von Hutzing-Neuerburg for the second time. From this marriage came Johann von Hutzing, who was married to Schenke von Brücken. When his mother Sophie died in 1444, he inherited the Felsberg rule from her and called himself Johann von Felsberg. The daughter Anna, heiress of Felsberg (1449 to 1471), who emerged from this marriage, married Bernhard von Pallant, Mr. von Reuland from the Weisweiler line (around 1458–1471). As a result, the von Pallant family came into possession of the Felsberg estate.
On the day of Saint Catherine in 1449, knight Werner von Hutzing von Neuerburg donates an annual memorial to the Abbey Fraulautern , for which he gives an inheritance under the spell of Gunzingen (Giesingen). This foundation is confirmed by Jeanette von Brücken, widow von Felsberg, Bernhard von Pallant and Anna von Felsberg.
The coat of arms of the von Hutzing family contains a right sloping bar in blue, covered with three red roses (D'azur a la bände d'argent, Charge de trois roses de gueules).
The helmet decoration consists of a beret in blue, which is bent upwards in silver (Cimier: un bonnet d'azur, retrousse d'argent, somme d'un vol-banne-ret du méme).
Family tree of the families von der Neuerburg - Pallant
- Hennecquin from Neuerburg (Eifel)
- Werner Hutzing von der Neuerburg bei Wittlich, Trier lord of the castle, Neuerburg 1324, lord of Felsberg, knight, († 1397) married Ela de Merl (Zandt de Merl). Sophie von Mersch, heiress of Felsberg, widow of Richard von Felsberg, marries Werner Hutzing von Neuerburg for the second time.
- Jean Hutzing von Neuerburg, knight (mentioned in 1353, 1363)
- Johann Hutzing von Neuerburg, Herr zu Felsberg, * 1390, † 1449, married Jeanette von Brücken, mistress of Hinguissange.
- Anna's only daughter and heiress of Felsberg, * 1420, † 1468, marries Bernhard von Pallant, Lord of Pallant and Felsberg, around 1440.
Web links
- Literature about the Teufelsburg in the Saarland Bibliography
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Vauban-Steig on the website of the Deutsches Wanderinstitut eV