Ruppertsecken Castle
| Ruppertsecken Castle | ||
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 Remnants of the wall with a newer elevated water tank |
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| Alternative name (s): | Robbery Ruprechtseck Castle | |
| Creation time : | around 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Tower remains | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Ruppertsecken | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 38 '43.6 " N , 7 ° 52' 44.8" E | |
| Height: | 498 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Ruppertsecken even Raubschloss called, is the ruins of a hilltop castle on the Schlossberg at 498 m above sea level. NHN in the local community of Ruppertsecken in the Donnersbergkreis of the Rockenhausen community in Rhineland-Palatinate .
history
The castle is mentioned for the first time in a document dated July 17, 1344, owned by Count Palatine Ruprecht I and his nephew Ruprecht II , when the nearby Frauenstein Castle was given to the knight Hermann von Hohenfels as a hereditary fief. In a document dated June 1, 1401, the castle was pledged to Dieter Landschad von Steinach and his wife Irmgard for 4600 gold guilders . On March 30, 1406, the castle was sold to the Worms treasurer Johann von Worms for 3,000 guilders. The castle passed to Duke Stephan of Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken on October 3, 1410 by dividing the estate . On September 16, 1444 the castle was transferred to Ludwig von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Veldenz .
On October 2, 1470, Count Palatine Frederick I began a 14-day siege of the castle, it was looted and laid down. The gun master of the Electorate of the Palatinate, Martin Merz , directed the bombardment. Reconstruction was prohibited.
In 1794 the remains of the castle and the village came to the Electoral Palatinate . In 1825 there was talk of an "emerging masonry". Over time, the residents of the village have removed the stones to build houses. Among other things, the bell tower erected in 1869 was built in the village with these. An elevated water tank in the form of a medieval donjon was built on the castle grounds in 1889 , and it was rebuilt and renovated again in 1963.
legend
According to legend, the Count Palatine was very angry because the siege lasted so long despite his impressive armed forces. The Count Palatinate thought he could take the rocky nest quickly, but the Count in the castle with his men knew very well about defense. The Count Palatine wanted to deceive the Count and, while the weapons were resting, let his wife receive a message to the Countess that she could leave the castle undamaged and that she, like everything she could carry, would be spared. Shortly afterwards the castle gate opened and the countess came out, carrying her husband the count on her back. The Count Palatine kept his word and also gave life to all other defenders because he rewarded such loyalty to a master.
literature
- ↑ Alexander Thon, Martin Wenz: Ruppertsecken in Pfälzisches Burgen-Lexikon IV.1 O-Sp , Kaiserslautern 2007, ISBN 978-3-927754-56-0
- ^ Hein R. Wittner: Great Palatinate Guide , Ostfildern 1981, ISBN 3-8134-0106-5
- ↑ Sebastian Stollhof: On a steep rocky dump in Die Rheinpfalz - your weekend , March 10, 2012
- ↑ Viktor Carl: Palatine sagas and legends , Edenkoben 2000, ISBN 3-9804668-3-3
Web links
- Chronicle of Ruppertsecken at ruppertsecken.de ( Memento from March 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )