Weißenstein Castle (Wehrda)

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Weissenstein Castle
Weißenstein castle ruins

Weißenstein castle ruins

Creation time : 800 to 1100
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Wall remains
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Wehrda
Geographical location 50 ° 50 ′ 56 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 17"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 56 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 17"  E
Height: 230  m above sea level NHN
Weissenstein Castle (Hesse)
Weissenstein Castle

The Weißenstein Castle is the ruins of a hilltop castle in the district Wehrda of Marburg in Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hessen .

The castle is located approx. 1000 m north of Wehrda above the Lahn valley at 230  m above sea level. NHN high white red sandstone dome , from which its name is derived.

history

Overview of the plant

Archaeological finds show that the place was used at an early age; possibly some of the ramparts come from the Iron Age . The ramparts enclosed an area of ​​620 m².

In the 8th and 9th centuries, the actual castle construction began with a square building. By the 11th century, the complex was expanded with circular walls , a residential tower , a triangular extension and a residential building with a pentagonal tower. The complex was destroyed by fire at the end of the 11th to the beginning of the 12th century. The destruction of the complex claimed by Wigand Gerstenberg in 1248 by the troops of Landgravine Sophie von Brabant is probably incorrect, as the excavation findings show no use after the time around 1100.

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 270.
  • Christa Meiborg: Weissenstein Castle near Marburg-Wehrda. In: Horst Wolfgang Böhme: Castles of the Salier period. Sigmaringen 1991. pp. 149-176.
  • Christa Meiborg, Ulrich Reuling , Elmar Brohl: Weissenstein Castle near Marburg-Wehrda. In: Marburg city writings on history and culture. Issue 49. Marburg 1994.
  • Christa Meiborg: Weissenstein Castle near Marburg-Wehrda. Guide booklet to a hilltop castle from the 9th - 11th centuries within sight of the Marburg Landgrave Castle, Marburg-Biedenkopf district , Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-89822-178-8 . 36 pages
  • Otto Immel: Wehrda, Weinstrasse, Weissenstein Castle. Marburg 1976.

Web links

Commons : Weissenstein Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norbert Buthmann, Norbert Goßler, Axel Posluschny, Helmut Valand, Benno Zickgraf: Modern prospecting methods in castle research - Archaeological investigations on the medieval castle complex of Lahntal-Brungershausen / Hessen . In: Castles and Palaces . 38, issue 1998 II. Braubach / Rhein 1998, p. 80-87 .