Burgstall Bonnhof

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Burgstall Bonnhof
Alternative name (s): Bonnhof Palace
Creation time : around 1340
Castle type : Niederungsburg, location
Conservation status: Burgstall, Wasergraben, llllergewölbe
Place: Heilsbronn - Bonnhof
Geographical location 49 ° 21 '43.4 "  N , 10 ° 47' 20.1"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '43.4 "  N , 10 ° 47' 20.1"  E
Height: 380  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Bonnhof (Bavaria)
Burgstall Bonnhof

The Postal Bonnhof even lock Bonnhof called, is a Outbound medieval moated castle in Bonnhof , a modern suburb of Heilsbronn in Central Franconia Ansbach in Bavaria .

history

Ludwig the Bavarian gave permission for this fortification in 1337. For centuries the castle was the seat of the provost's office of the Cistercian monastery in Heilsbronn . It served the abbot of the monastery as a country house. The castle fell into disrepair in the 19th century. The walled moat and a cellar vault were partially preserved .

description

The castle, which was probably built from the stones of the dismantled Bürglein Castle , was not protected by ramparts and walls, but only by a wide moat over which a "Schlagprukken" ( drawbridge ) led. The castle, in an idyllic location with comfortable rooms, soon became a favorite place to stay for the Abbots of Heilsbronn. Among others, Margrave Albrecht Achilles and his wife and entourage were quartered here in 1460 and 1461 .

The castle courtyard could be reached through a 28 meter high gate tower with a chapel, bell tower and a goalkeeper's apartment. The castle had a two-story living room with an entrance hall below, a kitchen with dining room on the first floor, a living room, bedroom and summer arbor on the second floor. The provost's "waiter" stayed under the roof. Another long, four-door building was the apartment of the bailiff who guarded the prisoners in the "foxhole" (prison) and received an admission fee and a release fee.

literature

  • Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Jürgen Schabel, Sabine Kothes: Palaces and castles in Middle Franconia. A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Central Franconian independent cities and districts . Verlag A. Hoffmann, Nuremberg 1993, ISBN 3-87191-186-0 , p. 188.
  • Günther P. Fehring : City and district of Ansbach (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 2 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1958, DNB  451224701 , p. 83 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Location of the Burgstall in the Bavarian Monument Atlas
  2. ↑ a b Bonnhof Chronicle at heilsbronn.de
  3. ^ [Geographical Statistical Topographical Lexicon of Franconia, Ulm 1799, Verlag Stettinischer Buchhandlung, Volume I, page 428]