Stauf castle ruins (Thalmässing)

Stauf castle ruins
Stauf castle ruins, view of the castle hill from Altenberg to the east
Creation time :	Early 13th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status:	Kastnerhaus
Construction:	Humpback block masonry
Place:	Thalmässing - Stauf
Geographical location	49 ° 6 '57.3 "  N , 11 ° 12' 31"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 6 '57.3 "  N , 11 ° 12' 31"  E
Height:	535  m above sea level NN

The Stauf castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle on the 535 meter high mountain cone Burgberg above the Stauf district of the Thalmässing market in the Middle Franconian district of Roth in Bavaria .

history

The area was already settled in the Stone Age. The exposed mountain spur lies exactly on the European main watershed and allows a wide view to the south of the Thalach valley , which drains to the Danube . On the northern flank of the Burgberg, several source streams to the Roth arise in the Hag forest as receiving waters, the upper reaches of which are also clearly visible from the summit and flow towards the Rhine .

The castle ruins are located on a platform with a diameter of around 45 meters. With the castle a settlement of the urn field culture was built over. The site is listed as a ground monument with no. D-5-6833-0221 . The central palace from the 13th century was originally surrounded by wide moats .

From 1309 the castle was destroyed several times and rebuilt twice on imperial orders. Only after the war between Margrave Albrecht Achilles and Ludwig the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut in 1460 did the castle fall into ruin. During the Second World War , the ruins and the place were badly hit. Only the so-called Kastnerhaus , an earlier Rococo building , has been preserved from the castle .

Today a private owner lives in the partially developed castle area, which cannot be visited.

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Stauf (Thalmässing)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Stauf castle ruins in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved August 11, 2016.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ground monument Burgberg Stauf LfD list, page 17 (.pdf)