Burgstall Fronhofen

Burgstall Fronhofen
The Michelsberg from Hohenburg Castle
Creation time :	around 1100
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Bissingen - Fronhöfen
Geographical location	48 ° 44 '8.5 "  N , 10 ° 33' 50"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 44 '8.5 "  N , 10 ° 33' 50"  E
Height:	517  m above sea level NN

The Postal Fronhofen denotes a Outbound high medieval hilltop castle of the type of high-Motte (motte) above the Bissinger district Fronhofen in the district Dillingen in Swabia .

Geographical location

The Burgstall is located on the Michelsberg . The mountain plateau is protected by steep slopes in the north, east and west. The flatter south side is reinforced by a seven-fold moat system of unknown time.

The road is flanked by 14 stations of the cross and ends at the parking lot in front of the wall of the cemetery on the outer bailey.

The small Hanseles Hohl cave is located halfway up the steep northern drop of the Burgberg . It was archaeologically examined between 1923 and 1925 by Ferdinand Birkner , Ernst Frickhinger and Paul Zenetti . In addition to a Paleolithic human tooth , traces of settlement by the ceramic workers and Neolithic fragments were found. It is listed by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments as soil monument number D 7-7229-0005, "Cave station of the Neolithic, the Urnfield Period, the Middle Ages and the early modern period".

history

The Michelsberg was settled in prehistoric and early historical times. The medieval castle was founded around the year 1100 by a noble family who subsequently named themselves after the castle. Other branches of this wealthy family sat at the nearby Hohenburg and Diemantstein castles . Around 1140 the brothers "Tiemo" and "Wolftrigel von Fronhofen" transferred a number of goods to the Berchtesgaden Provostry. In addition to the Fronhofers, a number of aristocratic families from the area appear as witnesses in the deed of gift . Among them Ǒdelricus and his son Fridericus de Hoenburch (von Hohenburg) , Eberhardus and his brother Otto de Wellenwarth ( Woellwarth ), Hoholt de Tisenhouen (Deisenhofen) , Marchwardus de Trohteluingin (Trochtelfingen) , Eberhardus de Werde ( Donauwörth ), Ǒdalricus de Scredalricus de ] heim ( Schretzheim ), Chǒnradus de Lecchesgemunde , Rǒdbertus de Biscingen , Burchardus de Chregehen ( Cronheim ), Gisilbertus de Nellenuelt ( Lellenfeld ) and many more.

The line of the Lords of Fronhofen seems to have expired as early as 1150. The rule probably fell to the related Hohenburgers, the castle was abandoned.

In the 14th or 15th century, the Sankt Michaelskirche was built on the area of ​​the former outer bailey . The church served as the parish church of the surrounding towns and was rebuilt in 1684 and extended to the west. The tower and sacristy were added around 1745. The castle served as a quarry during all construction work. The church stands in the middle of the walled cemetery.

description

Only trenches and traces of the terrain remain from the large fortification. The St. Michael's Church was later built on the outer bailey plateau.

The main castle is separated from the outer castle by an arched section ditch. Behind this up to 30 meters wide ditch lies the rocky hill of the core castle. The boulder, which was only about eight by eleven meters in size, offered little space. Remnants of the wall have not survived. The whole complex offers the image of a typical high moth , the tower hill probably only supported a keep or residential tower .

The close staggering of the ramparts and moats on the south side, which are cut through by the castle driveway, is unusual. The arched fortifications are up to 150 meters long and were laid on top of each other. These older ramparts were rebuilt in the High Middle Ages and used as additional obstacles to approach.

The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation lists the ground monument as a “prehistoric section fortification, settlement of the Neolithic, Hallstatt, early Middle Ages and medieval castle stables” with monument number D 7-7229-0046.

See also

• List of castles and palaces in Bavaria

literature

• Hans Frei, Günther Krahe: Archaeological walks in the Ries . In: Guide to Archaeological Monuments in Bavaria, Swabia, Volume 2 . 2nd revised edition. Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0568-X , pp. 216-220.
• The art monuments of Bavaria, administrative region of Swabia, VII, district of Dillingen an der Donau . Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 .
• Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 6 Eastern Alb. Hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1995, ISBN 3-924489-74-2 , pp. 109–116.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Württembergisches Urkundenbuch, Volume IV. Certificate No. 52, pp. 350–351
3. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.