Ringelstein Castle
| Ringelstein Castle | ||
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 Part of the castle ruins |
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| Creation time : | around 1385 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Vaulted cellar, remains of walls | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Harth | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 30 '8.4 " N , 8 ° 34' 24.5" E | |
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The ruins of the Ringelstein Castle are located above the Almetal on a ridge and are now part of the Büren village of Harth . In the ruins of the hilltop castle , the remains of the Ringelstein castle built by the noblemen of Büren around 1385 can be viewed .
history
In 1383, the Davensberg line of noblemen from Büren took a new castle to be built by Archbishop Friedrich of Cologne as a fief "op der stat die is de Nyeburgh boyven Buren vor dem Walde". The castle was built on the site that was registered as "nyen borch boven Buren" as early as 1376. It is not entirely clear whether it was a destroyed or unfinished castle in 1383. It was supposed to serve as an outpost in the Almetal and belong half to the Davensbergers and half to the Archbishop of Cologne.
In 1394 the Davensbergers pledged their castle to Johann von Scharfenberg , a sideline of the Padberg family . At the same time the noblemen von Büren of the Wewelsburg line pledged their half of the castle and town of Alme to Hermann von Padberg. Ringelstein Castle was only redeemed again in 1399 by Berthold von Büren. Ringelstein Castle was named for the first time during this redemption.
It is often written that this castle served to ward off the Padbergers and their urchins . The pledging and redemption of the pledge sums of the two castles Ringelstein and Alme should be related to this. But there is no evidence of this.
In 1458 the castle was given to the Landgrave of Hesse as a fief. Bernd III. von Büren was already in the service of Landgrave Ludwig I of Hesse in 1430 , as were his grandchildren Bernhard and Johann von Büren between 1498 and 1510. In 1519 Johann was appointed as a councilor for life by Landgrave Philip I and his mother.
An inventory of Ringelsteins from 1574 indicates that the castle was a hunting lodge of the noblemen residing in Büren at that time. There is also a brief description of the premises: twelve rooms, kitchen, egg cellar , wine cellar , meat cellar , brewery and bakery , brushwood stable and grain floor.
During the Thirty Years War the castle was the scene of numerous witch trials. On Ringelstein there was a place of jurisdiction of the Büren rule with corresponding dungeons and torture facilities. In 1631, 55 people were convicted as witches and executed in just 30 days. Evidence of these processes can be found in the witch cellar belonging to the castle ruins. After 1802, Ringelstein lost its importance and fell into disrepair.
Ringelstein ruin
Ringelstein Castle, entrance to the cellar
Castle grounds of the Ringelstein castle ruins
Castle grounds of the Ringelstein castle ruins
location
The Ringelstein castle ruins are located in the Büren town of Harth. It was erected at an exposed point on the tip of a spur layer north of the Almetal and east of the Mummental. From the castle you had a clear view on all sides.
Redevelopment
From December 2005, extensive excavations took place on the grounds of Ringelstein Castle. Vaulted cellars , underground corridors and a mighty defense tower originally 20 meters high were exposed. These excavations made clear the imposing scope of this medieval castle in the Bürener Land . The castle ruins have been renovated since 2006, and the renovation will continue until at least 2022, barrel vaults and masonry have been rebuilt. This is accompanied by an AGH (employment opportunity) from the Paderborn Job Center and the Caritas Association Paderborn e. V. can be received and qualified from addicts .
literature
- Gerhard Henkel : History and geography of the Büren district . Paderborn 1974, p. 164 f. ISBN 3-506-73840-2 .
- Reinhard Oberschelp : The noble lords of Büren until the end of the 14th century . Munster 1963.
- J. Voermanek: Ringelstein Castle in the Büren district . Büren 1991. (Archaeological finds from the Bronze Age)
Remarks
- ↑ Oberschelp, pp. 13 and 51
- ↑ Archbish. Archive Paderborn. Gene. Vik. Document 198
- ↑ StA Münster Fstm. Paderborn, Document 900, No. 10
- ↑ StA Münster Msc. VII, 5102, Volume IV, fol. 206
- ^ Karl E. Demandt: The person state of the Landgraviate of Hesse in the Middle Ages . Marburg 1981, p. 121
- ↑ a b Henkel, p. 165
- ↑ Website of the city of Büren: Ringelstein castle ruins , accessed on August 20, 2018.
Web links
- Burgenwelt: Ringelstein Castle
- Ringelstein Castle
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun