Treis Castle
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 Treis Castle's keep was raised and covered again in August 2012 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Treisburg | |
| Creation time : | around 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Keep | |
| Standing position : | Nobles, clericals | |
| Place: | Treis cards | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 9 '56.3 " N , 7 ° 17' 54.5" E | |
| Height: | 157 m above sea level NHN | |
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Burg Treis , also called Treisburg , is a ruined castle in the municipality of Treis-Karden on the Moselle in the district of Cochem-Zell in Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located 30 kilometers as the crow flies southwest of Koblenz .
Geographical location
The ruins of the Höhenburg stand on a mountain spur surrounded by the two brooks Flaumbach and Dünnbach, which come from the Hunsrück , and are about 70 meters above the confluence of the two brooks. On the same mountain spur, only separated by a hollow, is the Wildburg, a few hundred meters away . The castle complex is located at a height of 157 meters above sea level, about one kilometer south of Treis, somewhat away from the Moselle valley.
history
The exact date of the castle's construction lies in the dark of history. It may have been built as early as the second half of the 11th century. The first reliable reports about a castle in Treis come from 1121. In that year Heinrich V destroyed a Treiser castle built by Otto von Rheineck . In 1148 the Treis castle was in the hands of the Rhineland Count Palatine Hermann von Stahleck . In the course of the dispute with Otto von Rheineck about the Palatine Office, the castle came under the influence of Trier. Finally, the Archbishop of Trier, Albero , conquered Treis Castle. With that it came into the property of the Archbishop of Trier . Apparently, control of the complex was in the 12th and 13th centuries with the Karden archdeacon . Only at the end of the 13th century can the castle be proven to be the property of Kurtrier and thus under the control of the Trier Archbishop. In the period that followed, members of various noble families appeared as Trier officials and burghers : Free von Treis , Lords of Pyrmont , Lords of Winneburg-Beilstein and Lords of Eltz .
During the Palatinate War of Succession , the castle was destroyed by French troops in 1689 and was not rebuilt later.
It was not until the 1950s that the owner saved the ruins from complete ruin.
Todays use
The present appearance of the ruin is dominated by the mighty square keep which was again increased by one floor in the restoration and received a roof. In addition, the remains of other buildings and the curtain wall have been preserved. The path to Treis Castle is closed (as of August 20, 2015)
literature
- Norbert J. Pies: "The Frei von Treis and their relatives". With a contribution by Markus Sausen. Erftstadt-Lechenich 2011, ISBN 978-3-927049-51-2 .
- Michael Losse: The Moselle - castles, palaces, noble houses and fortifications from Trier to Koblenz . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-240-6 , pp. 150-152.
- Alexander Thon, Stefan Ulrich: "From the showers of the past world blows ..." Castles and palaces on the Moselle , Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7954-1926-4 , pp. 134-139.
Web links
- Entry on Treis Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Information at burgenwelt.de
- Information at burgenreich.de