Burg Türbel
| Burg Türbel | ||
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| Creation time : | before 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Place: | Weischlitz -Türbel (Pirk) | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 25 '30.6 " N , 12 ° 4' 44.1" E | |
| Height: | 365 m above sea level HN | |
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The Türbel Castle is the ruin of a spur castle at 365 m above sea level. NN on the Spornspitze of the Türbel district of the municipality Weischlitz in the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony .
Geographical location
The ruins of Burg Türbel are to the east of the settlement of the same name and west of the confluence of the Triebel and the Weisse Elster . It is located in the corridor of the Weischlitz district of Pirk .
history
Türbel Castle already existed before 1300 as a defense system to protect the important Plauen - Hof trade route . In 1301 a "Eberhardus de Tirbil" was mentioned in a document. The original name “Tirbil” is derived from the Slavic “Stirbile”, which means “fixed place”. The castle initially belonged to the territory of the Plauener Vogte . For many years it was the seat of the von Sack family . During the Thirty Years War , the castle was burned down and destroyed by imperial troops in 1632. After the reconstruction, the fortress was only used as a sheep farm for the manor or as a sheepfold.
Todays use
The castle complex shows only small remains and a barrel vault . Remnants of the ruins were excavated in 1939 and in the middle of the 20th century.