Burgstall Buschl

Burgstall Buschl
Alternative name (s):	Burgstall on the Dürrenberg
Creation time :	probably 12th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Castle stable, ramparts and moats preserved
Standing position :	Ministerial Headquarters
Place:	Meinheim - Wolfsbronn - "Dürrenberg"
Geographical location	49 ° 1 '7.5 "  N , 10 ° 47' 11.5"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '7.5 "  N , 10 ° 47' 11.5"  E
Height:	541.3  m above sea level NN

The popularly Postal Buschl or Postal Dürrnberg -called conditioning is an unknown Outbound high medieval hilltop castle at 541.3  m above sea level. NN , which once rose north-northwest of Wolfsbronn on the edge of the Dürrenberg. The Burgstall is located about 600 meters from the center of Wolfsbronn in the municipality of Meinheim in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Bavaria , Germany. The early history of this castle is unknown. Today the moat , ramparts and possibly the place of the keep are still visible of the object, which is protected as a ground monument .

history

The founding time of this castle is not known, it was probably built during the 12th century. It was probably the seat of the Wolfsbronn local nobility, in 1180 a "Chono de" (from) "Woluesprunnen" was called. The Lords of Wolfsbronn were the real ministers of the Eichstätt bishops, who owned the castle. There is also no precise information about the end of the castle, in 1488 it was referred to as “purchstall”.

The connection between the Burgstall Buschl and the Lunkenburg immediately to the south is not exactly known.

description

The one-piece Burgstall is located on the steeply sloping eastern slope of the wooded Dürrenberg, which rises above the Wolfstal. The grounds of the castle are cut off from the mountain slope rising to the west by an approximately 110 meter long and slightly outwardly curved neck ditch . The depth of this trench is still two meters today and the width about twelve meters. The area of ​​the approximately trapezoidal complex measures 110 by 100 meters and shows only faint traces of a former fortification on the north, east and south sides. In the north are the remains of a 60 meter long wall above the edge of the slope, on the south side a ditch that is now very shallow was laid below the edge of the slope, this slope was artificially steepened.

To the west, immediately behind the neck ditch, there is an approximately eight meter wide wall, it rises 2.50 meters from the bottom of the trench, from the castle surface it rises about one meter. This wall is the remainder of the former castle wall, its surface was excavated by stone robbery. A hill-like elevation can be seen in the southern third of the ramparts, its dimensions are 12 by 17 meters, and its height above the moat is 3.50 meters. Presumably the place of the former keep is there . The former driveway probably ran through a ravine immediately south of the castle stables, the other ravines that run through the castle grounds are more recent.

literature

• Ingrid Burger-Segl, Walter E. Keller: Archaeological Hikes, Volume 3: Middle Altmühltal and Franconian Lake District . Verlag Walter E. Keller, Treuchtlingen 1993, ISBN 3-924828-58-X , pp. 76-78.
• Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: Wolfsbron, community of Meinheim: Burgstall . In: Konrad Spindler (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 15: Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district - monuments and sites . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0504-3 , pp. 249-250.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: Wolfsbron, community of Meinheim: Burgstall . In: Konrad Spindler (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 15: District of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen - Monuments and sites , p. 250
2. ^ Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: Wolfsbron, community of Meinheim: Burgstall . In: Konrad Spindler (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 15: Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen - Monuments and sites , p. 249 f.