Krögelstein castle ruins

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Krögelstein castle ruins
Krögelstein Castle - Schwibbogen with three window slots (2008)

Krögelstein Castle - Schwibbogen with three window slots (2008)

Castle type : Höhenburg, rock castle
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Free nobles
Place: Hollfeld - Krögelstein
Geographical location 49 ° 58 '33.6 "  N , 11 ° 16' 27.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '33.6 "  N , 11 ° 16' 27.8"  E
Krögelstein Castle Ruins (Bavaria)
Krögelstein castle ruins

The Krögelstein castle ruins are located in the Krögelstein district of the town of Hollfeld in the Bayreuth district . The ruin of the rock castle rises above the village in the valley of the Kaiserbach stream on a rocky mountain spur typical of Franconian Switzerland .

history

The noble free from Krögelstein, which were perhaps related to the likewise noble whale pots , can be documented for the period from 1149 to 1239. It can be assumed that the Spornburg already existed at this time , but it was only mentioned in a document in 1328 as "castrum". After the family died out in the middle of the 13th century, the castle came to the Bamberg bishopric . Bishop Wulfing von Stubenberg (1304-1319) pledged it in 1313 to the Bamberg cathedral chapter . Since 1400 the castle has been administered mainly by Bamberg officials . It can be proven that it was in the hands of the von Aufseß family , then the von Giech family until it was destroyed in 1523 .

Destruction of the castle in 1523

Later colored woodcut by Hans Wandereisen about the destruction of the castle
Parish church, formerly castle chapel

Main article: Wandereisen woodcuts from 1523

On October 17, 1500, the Bamberg prince-bishop Heinrich III. Groß von Trockau (1487–1501) returned the castle from the cathedral chapter. He gave it to Dietz von Giech as a man loan from the Bamberg monastery . Georg Wolf von Giech was married to Ottilie von Absberg , the sister of the notorious robber baron Hans Thomas von Absberg . Since he often gave his brother-in-law shelter at the castle, the castle was destroyed in 1523 by the Swabian Federation . There was no reconstruction.

As a war correspondent, Hans Wandereisen accompanied the Swabian Federation on its punitive expedition in 1523 and made woodcuts showing the destruction of the castles. The picture shows the castle at eye level from its original entrance side. In the valley behind you can see isolated half-timbered houses , some of which are built onto the rock formations typical of Franconian Switzerland. The area of ​​the church is indicated on the left by a cross and a memorial stick. Troops of the Bundische Army in the foreground bring fuel into the castle, which is already on fire. In addition to mercenaries, there are also some captains on horseback. The massive castle complex is characterized by half-timbering on the higher floors. The tower is decorated with four oriels at its top. The woodcut bears the following comment: XI. Kriegelstain belonged to Jorgen von Gycht / Ligt bey Hollfeldt. Is on the .IIII. day Julij vom Bunt a genome (n) and v (er) brent. 1523.

description

All that remains of the former castle is a buttress arch with three window slots on a dolomite rock west of the parish church.

The parish church is the former castle chapel , built around 1250 , which has been used as a parish church since 1421. It has today's shape from Georg Dietrich von Giech zu Wiesentfels , Niederlind and Krögelstein. He died on July 26th, 1607. A bronze epitaph commemorates him . The keystone in the choir vault , dating from 1607 , also bears the Giech coat of arms.

  • View over the village to the mountain spur with the ruins and the slightly higher church

  • Schwibbogen with nicks

  • with height difference

  • View from 1994

literature

  • Hellmut Kunstmann : The castles of north-western and northern Franconian Switzerland . Reprint, Kommissionsverlag Degener & Co., Neustadt an der Aisch 2000, ISBN 3-7686-9265-5 , pp. 173-177.
  • Gustav Voit, Walter Rüfer: A castle tour through Franconian Switzerland - In the footsteps of the draftsman AF Thomas Ostertag . 2nd edition, Verlag Palm & Enke, Erlangen 1991, ISBN 3-7896-0064-4 , pp. 104-106.
  • Rainer Hofmann (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 20: Franconian Switzerland . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0586-8 , pp. 184-185.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see also list of Frankish knight families
  2. ^ Rainer Hofmann (edit): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 20: Franconian Switzerland, p. 184