Trugelrode Castle
Trugelrode Castle | ||
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Creation time : | around 1248 | |
Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
Standing position : | Nobles | |
Place: | Neustadt | |
Geographical location | 50 ° 51 '7.9 " N , 9 ° 4' 1.6" E | |
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The castle Trugelrode is the ruins of a hilltop castle about 3 km west of Neustadt in Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hessen .
The castle was owned by the Archdiocese of Mainz and was first mentioned in a document in 1248. In the years 1262 and 1265 a Henricus de Trogilnrode appeared who was in the service of the County of Ziegenhain . He was probably the builder of the castle, a bower on an old military road . With Otto von Trugelrode , the noble family of the Lords von Trugelrode died out in the male line in 1459 . As early as 1373, the family had sold their properties to Gerlach von Wahlen and has probably emigrated. Around 1400, the castle with the adjacent settlement, probably by a feud orPlague to desolation .
Small remains of the wall with a moat and a brick well (field name Lämmerborn ) are still present from the former castle complex . There are no traces of the location of the former settlement and its size.
literature
- Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 270.
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann on Trugelrode in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Trugelrode, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).