Dicklburg Castle Stables

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Dicklburg Castle Stables
Alternative name (s): Dinklburg
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Hill castle, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall, tower hill, remains of a moat
Place: Herrieden - Seebronn - "Schlossberg"
Geographical location 49 ° 15 '12 "  N , 10 ° 31' 54.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '12 "  N , 10 ° 31' 54.2"  E
Height: 481  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Dicklburg (Bavaria)
Dicklburg Castle Stables

The Burgstall Dicklburg , seldom also called Dinklburg , is an abandoned medieval hilltop castle of the type of a tower hill castle (Motte) at 481  m above sea level. NHN high mountain nose of Schlossberg "Schloßbuck" above the valley floor about 700 meters southwest of Seebronn , a current district of Herrieden in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria .

history

The castle probably served the farmers in the area as a protective castle in the 10th century during the Hungarian Wars . Its function to control the old traffic route from Herrieden to Ansbach passing immediately north, however, is dated to the late 11th or 12th century.

The tower hill and a surrounding moat are still visible from the former castle complex.

legend

Of three legends that are known in the area around the Dickelburg, the most important is summarized here:

Once upon a time an impoverished knight lived on the Dicklburg, who wanted to show the grocer who was in charge of the country. On the Frankenstrasse, an important trade route of the time, he looked for a favorable place for raids and found a ravine near Dautenwinds that the wagons had to pass. Several times he and his loyal followers succeeded in getting their hands on richly laden wagon trains. He brought the booty to the castle, which was well protected by hills, moats and walls, and wealthy merchants were imprisoned in the dungeons until someone paid a ransom for them. Finally, the Bishop of Würzburg sent armed men to stop the robber baron . The castle was completely destroyed after the conquest, the stones were used in Herrieden, among other things during the construction of the small church of Our Lady, other stones were taken by the farmers from Seebronn .

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. 189.
  • Hans Karlmann Ramisch: District Feuchtwangen (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 21 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1964, DNB  453909426 , p. 114 .

Web links

  • Entry on Dicklburg in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Dicklburg's treasure at geocaching.com