Burgstall counterpoint

Burgstall counterpoint
Creation time :	12th Century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Fürstenfeldbruck -Ludwigshöhe
Geographical location	48 ° 10 '16.4 "  N , 11 ° 16' 20.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '16.4 "  N , 11 ° 16' 20.7"  E
Height:	550  m above sea level NN

The burgstall gegenpoint (also Geggenpoint, Kekenpoint, earlier still Kekkepiunt, Kekinpiunt or Geckenpoint) is an Outbound High Middle Spur castle about two kilometers east of the monastery Fürstenfeld ( Furstenfeldbruck ) on a 550  m above sea level. NN high spur of the Emmeringer Leite , the Nikolausberg. The castle was abandoned in the 15th century and then exploited as a quarry. Today only the earthworks of the former aristocratic residence are visible in the area.

history

The place name "Kekinpuint" appears as early as 857 in a document and describes a settlement. The name probably means "fenced field" (Point) near a spring (Kekin). What became of the settlement afterwards is not known. It was either abandoned before the castle was founded or was identical to the small settlement that existed near the castle.

From 1147 to 1340 the lords of Gegenpoint sat on the fortress . It is possible that the family came from an older family who originally sat on the Engelsberg above the later monastery and named themselves "von Prukk" after the place. However, the construction of the castle stables at the counterpoint shows similarities with early medieval fortifications (double trenches), perhaps a predecessor installation, such as a smaller Hungarian fortress , was built here.

The counterpoints seem to have been Duke Henry the Lion's servants . The size of the castle stable and the name “nobilis” indicate a prominent position of this family in the environment of the Guelph Duke and a presumed noble origin. In the 13th century they had large estates in the area. The exposed position as a Guelph outpost on the border to the area of ​​the rising Wittelsbacher finally led to the downfall of the castle. In 1340, Heinrich von Gegenpoint's son-in-law sold a large part of his goods to the Fürstenfeld monastery, which the Wittelsbachers had established nearby in 1263. After the fall of the Guelph, the economic decline of the formerly powerful Gegenpointner began, which was accelerated by several inheritance divisions. As the largest landlord in the area, the monastery renounced the protection of castles and servants. After the purchase, the castle was finally torn down except for the chapel. The family disappeared completely from history at the end of the 14th century (Gunter der Wat von Geggenpoint, 1391).

The historical association Fürstenfeldbruck erected a memorial stone behind the eastern entrance in 1985. Behind it an information board tells about the history of the castle.

Former castle complex

According to a document from 1306, there was a tower and a house in the main castle . A gate with a drawbridge led to the outer bailey . In the outer bailey there was a house, a barn, the fountain, the castle chapel , two gardens and the east gate with a drawbridge.

The chapel of St. Nicholas survived the end of the castle. Masses were read in it until 1775, although it was in poor condition at the end of the 16th century. In 1785 it was demolished because it was in disrepair. Today a wooden cross reminds of their location.

Description of the castle stables

Memorial stone of the historical association Fürstenfeldbruck.

The castle stable consists of the rectangular core castle (approx. 25 × 35 meters) above the Ampertal and the spacious outer bailey (approx. 60 × 60 meters) in the east, which are separated by a three to four meter deep neck ditch . The cone of the main castle is protected on three sides by the steep slopes, the plateau of the outer castle is surrounded by a double moat. The inner trench depth is up to three meters here, the outer trench is about one to one and a half meters deep.

The old castle path runs up from the north to the outer bailey, the facility is about 20 to 30 meters above the valley. In the south, an earth bridge of an unknown time allows easy access to the outer bailey, in the north-west corner the foundations of the former castle chapel stand out clearly from the terrain.

The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation lists the ground monument as a medieval castle stables under monument number D 1-7833-0066.

Say

According to legend, you can hear children crying when you put your ear on the ground of the castle stables. It is said to be the children of the knight women who were killed by the women.

Emmering citizens of the 19th century claimed that they had found underground passages in the Niklasholz near the castle site and had descended into them.

literature

• Clemens Böhne: The History of the Counterpoints . In: Amperland , Volume 3, 1967, pp. 17, 41–42.
• Ulrich Bigalski: On the rise and fall of a Bavarian noble family . in: Brucker Blätter 1990 (yearbook of the historical association for the city and the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, issue 1). Fürstenfeldbruck 1991.
• Volker Liedke, Peter Weinzierl: Fürstenfeldbruck district (Monuments in Bavaria, Volume I.12). Munich 1996´, ISBN 3-87490-574-8 .
• Hans H. Schmidt (Ed.): "Sunken castles" in the five-lake region between Ammersee and Isar - historical-archaeological reconstructions (working group for local history research in the Würm region). Gauting 2002.
• Klaus Köppke: Measurement of the castle stable Gegenpoint . In: Otto Meißner and Rolf Marquardt (eds.): Brucker Blätter 2004. Yearbook of the historical association for the city and the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. Issue 15 . Fürstenfeldbruck 2004, pp. 63–67.

Web links

Commons : Burgstall Gegenpoint  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry
2. ↑ Wolfgang Völk: The sagas and legends in the Bruck land. 1958. Not published. Owned by the district home keeper of the Fürstenfeldbruck district.
3. ↑ Jakob Groß: Chronicle of Fürstenfeldbruck (until 1878) . Newly published by Otto Bauer, self-published in 1984, p. 45