Rechenberg Castle (Westheim)

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Rechenberg Castle
Rechenberg plateau

Rechenberg plateau

Creation time : 12th Century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Neck ditch, wall remains
Standing position : Niederadel, Ministeriale
Place: Westheim - Ostheim - "Rechenberg"
Geographical location 49 ° 1 '1.9 "  N , 10 ° 42' 34.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '1.9 "  N , 10 ° 42' 34.4"  E
Height: 580  m above sea level NN
Rechenberg Castle (Bavaria)
Rechenberg Castle

The castle Rechenberg is the residue of a hilltop castle on a steep slope the same computing Mountain on 580  m above sea level. NN above the district of Ostheim in the municipality of Westheim in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Bavaria .

history

The castle was built in the second half of the 12th century due to a fief of the Eichstätter bishops from the lords of Rechenberg , who belonged to the lower nobility, who were ministerials of the bishops of Eichstätt and fiefs of the counts of Truhendingen and Oettingen and owned almost the entire village of Ostheim , built.

In the course of the peasant war in May 1525 after the looting of the nearby Auhausen monastery, a fight between the rebellious peasants and the Margrave of Ansbach took place, which was victoriously ended by the margrave's troops coming from Rechenberg.

In 1583 the Rechenberg family died out. The property came to the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After that, the castle gradually fell into disrepair and was demolished.

Today the castle site, meanwhile a ground monument , still shows the place of the main castle in the forest , the ditch and the remains of the outer castle .

literature

  • Ingrid Burger-Segl, Walter E. Keller: Archaeological Hikes, Volume 3: Middle Altmühltal and Franconian Lake District . Verlag Walter E. Keller, Treuchtlingen 1993, ISBN 3-924828-58-X , pp. 74-77.
  • Gottfried Stieber: Rechenberg . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 639-642 ( digitized version ).