Philippseck Castle

This article refers to the aristocratic residence near Frankfurt-Heddernheim. For the modern fortress at Butzbach see Schloss Philippseck

Philippseck Castle
Restored Roman fountain remnant; it lies in the area of ​​the lost castle
Alternative name (s):	Gut Philippseck, Hof Philippseck, Schloss Philippseck
Creation time :	1584
Castle type :	Niederungsburg in local location
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Noble
Construction:	Foundations sandstone, otherwise half-timbered (nothing preserved)
Place:	Frankfurt-Heddernheim
Geographical location	50 ° 9 '16.2 "  N , 8 ° 38' 39"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 9 '16.2 "  N , 8 ° 38' 39"  E
Height:	106  m above sea level NN

The castle Philippseck , even Good Philippseck , yard Philippseck and Castle Philippseck called, is an Outbound lowland castle near the Nidda in Frankfurt district of Heddernheim (on the ring wall) in Hesse .

history

The castle and the Hofgut were built on the foundations of a Roman villa in 1584 by Philipp Wolf von Praunheim called Klettenburg (1530–1618), Electoral Palatinate bailiff of the Neuenhain im Taunus office .

After a reconstructive drawing by Professor Dr. Gündel there was a two-story house, several farm buildings, a mill and a lookout tower. Philipp Wolf, whose temperament was well known through several court cases between 1582 and 1607, gave his inheritance to Philippseck Castle practically twice: firstly, to his grandson from his first marriage, Andreas Jost von Riedt, by entail ; on the other hand, it was actually given as maternal inheritance to Sabina Wolf von Bergen (née von Praunheim ), his daughter from his second marriage (passed on to his great-granddaughter from his first marriage Sabina von Mörlau (probably Merlau ), née vom Riedt). The resulting processes lasted from 1619 to 1738 until finally, in 1750, a comparison between the von Riedt families and the von Mörlau (Merlau) heirs of the Greifenberg family came about . The disputes took place at the Imperial Court of Justice of the Imperial Knighthood in the Wetterau , Friedberg Castle . At least up to this time it must have had a certain value as a disputed property and it must have been a semi-intact estate, although Philippseck was damaged by Swedish troops in 1631 during the Thirty Years War and fell into disrepair. The comparison may also have come about because there wasn't much left of the disputed legacy in the mid-18th century.

description

Only rudimentary descriptions can be made of the property, as there are hardly any descriptions of the castle seat. From documents it is only known that, in addition to a two-story mansion made of half-timbered houses, a barn and a farm yard, the property has been described several times as a courtyard. In the complaint of 1738, special reference is also made to the associated mill . The large keep (east tower) leaning against the manor is said to have had a diameter of four meters and was still visible until the end of the 18th century. It was probably called Heidenturm .

Emergency excavations carried out in 1927/28 before the construction of the Römerstadt settlement showed that the stately walled property also had attached gardens and an orchard. In the direction of Praunheim, there was a smaller west tower right next to the old Roman road, which, according to the findings of the excavation in the 16th century, was still partially usable. Below the current settlement gardens is a reconstructed Roman fountain wreath . The good condition of the fountain suggests that it was still used as a castle fountain in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Today there are no visible remains of the castle, the area has been built over.

Others

The theological writer and one of the leading figures in radical Pietism , Johanna Eleonora Petersen, born von und zu Merlau , is said to have spent her youth at Gut Philippseck.

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 , p. 401f.

Web links

• Philippseck Castle at frank66furt.de
• The whole truth about Philippseck Castle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reconstruction drawing of the castle ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ Archive information system Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), documents: u. a. HHStAW inventory 1 no.182 , HHStAW inventory 1 no. 1552 , HHStAW inventory 1 no. 1448
3. ↑ The noble family of Riedt Heddernheim got to feud and left in 1740 under the kurmainzischen Privy Council, Generalfeldmarschalleutnant and commander of Mainz Philipp Wilhelm von Riedt , general of the Electorate of Mainz , the Heddernheimer castle built.
4. ↑ Hesse archive information system (Arcinsys Hessen), documents: HHStAW Section 106 No. 1763 , HStAM inventory 255 No. G 53 I, II (1570–1607) , HStAM inventory 255 No. G 53 I, II (1617–1748) , HStAD order F 1 no. 14/17
5. ^ Paula Henrich: Northwest City. Young city on old ground , series of publications by Frankfurter Sparkasse from 1822, Frankfurt am Main 1971, p. 59