Burgstall Appertshausen

Burgstall Appertshausen
The castle hill from the north
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Petersdorf - Appertshausen
Geographical location	48 ° 30 '57.8 "  N , 10 ° 59' 51.2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '57.8 "  N , 10 ° 59' 51.2"  E
Height:	526  m above sea level NN

The Burgstall Appertshausen is located on a wooded ridge above the Petersdorf district of Appertshausen in the Aichach-Friedberg district in Swabia . The land monument maintenance department interprets the striking site monument as a medieval fortification.

history

The east side of the castle over the low pre-fortification

The eastern moat (southern part)

View of the northern rift system

The local historical sources lack any written or oral records of the history of the stately complex above the hamlet . The Burgplatz was already used as a settlement site in prehistoric times (archaeological finds). Only about one to two meters high wall fortifications in the east of the hill spur could on a pre- or early medieval indicate use as only temporarily used protective castle.

Apparently, the preserved ground monument is likely to be a high medieval castle that was built into an older fortification. The lack of medieval stone or brick rubble in the castle area is striking.

description

The oval, about six to ten meters high earth cone (approx. 526 m above sea level) was placed on a terrain spur jutting out to the east. A low arched moat protects the fortress from the eastern plateau . Around the other flanks of the castle hill runs a shallow sole ditch that is only half a meter to a meter deep. There is a wall on the outside. In the northeast, this outer wall is up to four meters high.

Some of the mountain flanks drop very steeply about 30 to 40 meters into the valley. The main and outer bailey seem to have been on the cone of the earth. The alleged main castle is separated from the outer castle by a three to four meter high step. To the west of this step, two pits can be seen in the south. On the north side, another step extends along the outer bailey.

Access to the castle plateau is provided by a staircase on the west side. It is possible that this modern, expanded entrance marks the historic castle entrance. An attacker would have had to go around the entire slope of the hill to get to the main gate.

The impressive altitude and the conception of the castle speak for a manor from the 11th or 12th century. The superstructures are likely to have consisted mainly of wood or clay framework. Possibly the low pre-fortification goes back to an older fortified settlement or protective castle (archaeological finds).

The eastern ramparts enclose only a small area in front of the main castle cone. The spacious apron would have offered the possibility of a much more extensive outer bailey. In the district area, the spur of the fortress with low pre-fortification has its counterpart in Taitinger wood near Dasing ( section fortification in Taitinger wood ). However, this castle square was given up in the early Middle Ages at the latest.

The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation lists the ground monument as a medieval castle stable with prehistoric settlement finds under the monument number D 7-7431-0027.

To the west below the castle complex you can see a smaller, rectangular embankment at the edge of the forest on a hill about ten meters high. Today comparable objects are interpreted by the preservation of monuments as medieval or modern bird flocks . This ground monument is not yet entered in the list of monuments. Another 550 meters to the northwest is a high medieval tower hill ( Motte ), which probably goes back to the residence of the local aristocracy of Binnenbach (monument number D 7-7431-0032).

literature

• Franz Weber: On the prehistory and early history of the Lechrain - supplements and additions . In: Journal of the historical association for Swabia and Neuburg, Volume 23. 1896, pp. 111–112.

Topographical survey

• Irmgard Hillar: Medieval fortifications or castle stables in the Aichach-Friedberg district . In: Aichach-Friedberg district (ed.): Altbayern in Schwaben - Aichach-Friedberg district 1984-1987 . Aichach 1987, ISSN  0178-2878 , p. 226.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.