Regis Castle
| Regis Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | at 929 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Regis-Breitingen | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 5 '28.2 " N , 12 ° 27' 1.5" E | |
| Height: | 145 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Regis Castle is a defunct Niederungsburg in the Pleißenaue east of the village in the area of the old cemetery part of the town of Regis-Breitingen in the Leipzig district in Saxony .
history
In 929 Robert Wolfram named the castle Regis in his supplement to the chronicle of the city of Borna . Regis was in the Gau Plisni at the time . Around 1100 Regis became one of the “most distinguished cities in the Gau Plisni” next to Altenburg , Zwickau , Leisnig , Colditz u. a. called. In 1186, an "Albertus de Riguz" - Albert von Regis - appeared as a witness in a document from Bishop Berthold II . This year Regis is also mentioned for the first time as Riguz in the homeland book “Das Altenburger Land” . In 1208 the Pleißner Land was administered by the Altenburg court. It also recorded Regis, where the Sorbs had built the castle. In the bull of Pope Gregory IX. from 1228 a "castrum et oppidum Riguz", ie castle and place Regis was called.
When the armistice was signed after the Battle of Lucka in 1307, the Roman-German King Albrecht von Habsburg is said to have stayed at Regis Castle.
Nothing has survived from the castle, which was destroyed in 1382.
literature
- Handbook of German Art Monuments. : Saxony. 2: Barbara Bechter, Wiebke Fastenrath Heinrich Magirius : Administrative districts of Leipzig and Chemnitz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-422-03048-4 .