Etzburg Castle Stables

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Etzburg Castle Stables
Creation time : around 1270
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, small remains of the wall
Standing position : Ministeriale
Place: Thüngersheim
Geographical location 49 ° 52 '43.2 "  N , 9 ° 51' 56.1"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '43.2 "  N , 9 ° 51' 56.1"  E
Height: 301  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Etzburg (Bavaria)
Etzburg Castle Stables

The Postal Etzburg is an Outbound medieval Spur castle at 301  m above sea level. NHN on a small nose of the Etzberg between Güntersleben and Thüngersheim in the district of Würzburg in Bavaria .

history

The castle was probably built around 1270 by the Lords of Ravensburg , a Würzburg ministerial family , and razed around 1310 on the instructions of the Würzburg bishop .

From the former castle complex, with a round donjon with a diameter of 12 meters in the northern corner, foundations, small remains of walls and wall remains have been preserved. The moat on the side facing away from the slope is still clearly visible.

The Burgstelle can be reached as follows: On the B 27 from Würzburg towards Karlstadt, then first exit to Thüngersheim, continue on the road towards Güntersleben, the journey goes up the mountain through the forest to a parking lot for hikers. From here cross the road and follow the forest path for about 1 km to the clearing of the Etzburg.

literature

  • Joachim Dittrich: Castle ruins in Lower Franconia - around Würzburg . Verlag Michaela Neumann, Nidderau 2006, ISBN 3-936622-74-4
  • Heinrich Habel, Helga Himen (edit.): Monuments in Bavaria - ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments: Volume VI . Lower Franconia. Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (ed.). Munich 1985
  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (Hrsg.): Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments 27 . Würzburg - Karlstadt - Iphofen - Schweinfurt. Mainz 1975

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Etzburg castle ruins at burgen.blaue-tomat.de