Reichwalde Castle
| Reichwalde Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 12th to 13th centuries | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Bersteland - Reichwalde | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 57 '17.4 " N , 13 ° 43' 9.4" E | |
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The castle Reichwalde is an Outbound Wasserburg within the boundaries of the village Reichwalde , a modern district in the town of Bersteland in Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg . The castle was the seat of the Reichwalde aristocracy .
history
The castle was on a hill, about 300 meters north of today's village center of Reichwald between the Berste and the road to Freiwalde . It was first mentioned in a document in 1301 as castrum Richenwalde , but is probably much older. It was built during the 12th or 13th century on a Slavic rampart surrounded by swamps . The castle also had a courtyard.
In 1345 the Reichwalde castle was owned by a Johann von Strel . In 1363, the Brandenburg Margrave Ludwig the Roman Botho von Torgau, Reinhard von Strehle and Dietrich von Torgau enfeoffed Beeskow and Storkow as well as the yards of Reichwalde Castle and Märkisch Buchholz . In 1377 the Lords of Bieberstein first came into co-ownership of Reichwalde Castle, but Reichwalde Castle was sold in 1381 by Emperor Karl IV to an Anselm von Ronow.
In 1384 King Wenzel officially enfeoffed Hans and Ulrich von Bieberstein with the rule of Reichwalde. On April 26, 1414, Johann von Bieberstein sold the Reichwalde estate to the city of Luckau . The city council was given permission to burn down the castle, which was no longer needed, so that it could not be used as a shelter by highwaymen . There are no more remains of the castle. During archaeological excavations, coarse, blue-gray fragments of vessels that were still in use in Reichwalde Castle were found.
Web links
- Entry on Reichwalde Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved October 17, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Norbert Goßler: Material culture and social difference. Thoughts on the archaeological finds from some medieval castles of the 14th century east of the Elbe. In: Anne Klemmt, Sébastien Rossignol (ed.): Medieval elites and cultural transfer east of the Elbe. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2009, p. 92 .
- ↑ Friedrich Beck: Document inventory of the Brandenburg State Main Archive - Kurmark, 2: Municipal institutions and noble lords and goods. VII, 820 pp., Berlin, Berlin-Verl. Spitz 2002 ISBN 3830502923 (also publications by the Brandenburg State Main Archive Potsdam 45), p. 508.
- ↑ Gottlob Traugott Leberecht Hirche (Ed.): New Lausitzisches Magazin: Journal of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences. Self-published by Buchhandlung Gustav Köhler, Görlitz 1861, p. 178 .
- ↑ Alwin Arndt: On the history of Reichwalde Castle in the Luckau district. In: Brandenburgia. Volume 21, Berlin 1912. ( PDF , p. 122)