Burgstall Eulenburg (Grafengehaig)

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Burgstall Eulenburg
Creation time : Probably around 1100
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, collapse of the wall
Place: Earl mate
Geographical location 50 ° 12 '1.9 "  N , 11 ° 35' 49.3"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 12 '1.9 "  N , 11 ° 35' 49.3"  E
Height: 626  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Eulenburg (Bavaria)
Burgstall Eulenburg

The Postal Eulenburg is an Outbound Spur castle at 626  m above sea level. NHN in the area of ​​the Grafengehaig market in the Upper Franconian district of Kulmbach in Bavaria .

The freely accessible Burgstall is located between the southern exit of Grafengehaig and the Hohenreuther settlement. It is located on the mountain of the same name Eulenburg 626 m. ü. NN in the Franconian Forest Nature Park on a mountain spur that slopes steeply in three directions.

history

The castle complex was probably built around the year 1100 by the Counts of Henneberg . Massive quarry stone fillings on the slope of the entire mountain spur, which slopes steeply on three sides, suggest a larger castle complex.

Around the year 1100 Nordeck Castle was also built by the Counts of Henneberg at the entrance to the Steinach Valley. Further up in the Steinach valley was Wildenstein Castle , which must have been built before 1318, as evidenced by ceramic finds from the soil of the castle stable.

Since the Steinach Valley was an important trade route, in which there were also several ore smelters (blast furnace), ore mining areas, the weapon hammer and the Guttenberger Hammer in the Rehbachtal valley, it can be assumed that the Nordeck, Wildenstein and Eulenburg castles were used to defend and secure this important trade route have been erected. From the Eulenburg there was direct visual contact with Wildenstein Castle and Eisenberg. It was also possible to overlook the entire Steinach Valley from here.

In 1318 Nikolaus von der Grün was named as a Burghutlehe at the "Ewelburg" . In 1371 a dispute broke out between the Wildenstein rule and Bishop Ludwig von Bamberg over the "Ewelburg zu Graffengehawg", so the Ewelstein and the castle were "released" (sold). The noble family "Waldenrode" was also mentioned. The dispute culminated in a violent feud in 1372, with the Wildensteiners proving to be the weaker ones. In 1372 they also had to pledge Wildenstein Castle to the Bambergers. In 1434, the Lords of Wildenstein were back on the "Eweilburg zu Grafengehawge" as the man feud of the Bishop of Bamberg. In 1438 the castle was probably destroyed in a guerrilla war between the Waldenfelser and the Bishop of Bamberg.

The castle was abandoned and a waiting or signal tower was built at the same place . This is still shown on a map from 1851 with a fortified structure. Since the castle complex was abandoned, the fortified church of the Holy Spirit was built as a solid structure in Grafengehaig around 1448 , and around 1455 it was surrounded by fortifications.

Oral tradition says that the Eulenburg was in ruins until around 1900 and was demolished except for underground passages in the mountain.

literature

  • Karl-Ludwig Lippert : Stadtsteinach district . In: Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayern , Kurzinventare, XX. Band . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1964.
  • Rüdiger Bauriedel, Ruprecht Konrad: Medieval fortifications and noble residences in the district of Kulmbach . Published by the district of Kulmbach, Neudrossenfeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-033354-5 , pp. 189, 190, 206.
  • Rupprecht Klaus: Nobility and Villages / Reformation in Franconia . Neustadt / Aisch 2004, pp. 235-253.