Burgstall Großwendern

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Burgstall Großwendern
Ditch and plateau

Ditch and plateau

Alternative name (s): Steinelburg
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Place: Marktleuthen - Großwendern
Geographical location 50 ° 9 '17.8 "  N , 12 ° 1' 13"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 9 '17.8 "  N , 12 ° 1' 13"  E
Height: 572  m above sea level NN
Burgstall Großwendern (Bavaria)
Burgstall Großwendern

The Großwendern castle stable , also popularly known as Steinelburg , is an abandoned castle of the type of a tower hill castle (Motte) about 900 meters north-northeast of the center of Großwendern , a district of Marktleuthen in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains in Bavaria .

The castle stables date from the pre-documentary period, so the original name of the facility is unknown. The name Steinelburg comes from one of the last owners of the property, Wolfgang Steinel from Großwendern, who used the forest as a farmer and wanted to build a restaurant on the site. Theories have a tradition that, when searching for the location of the so-called Dietrichsburg, suspect a suitable location there, this is mentioned in a list of properties in a deed of sale from the savages to the burgraves of Nuremberg in 1356 . The attribution as a refuge for the rural population is considered outdated.

The complex is secured from the west by a sickle-shaped moat reinforced with walls . Behind it is a plateau. The terrain is sloping to the east and was difficult to access due to the swampy terrain around the Wenderner Bach. The Burgstall Foerles-Neudürrlas shows similarities in the design of the facility. The occurrence of ribbon slate at the eastern end of the plateau is striking . Cuts in the structures mentioned are mainly due to recent forestry use. Possibly the complex was related to Epprechtstein Castle and secured important connecting roads. The manor in Großwendern can be seen as the successor to the castle stables and initially belonged to the von Hirschberg family , as well as the current Hirschstein ruins , which also has connections to this area of ​​influence. As forester of the Reichsforstes , the Forster von Selb are of local importance.

literature

  • Werner Bergmann : The Burgstall at Großwendern . In: Die Krebsbacker , No. 26. Kirchenlamitz 2016. pp. 17–22.
  • Denis Andre Chevalley and Hans Wolfram Lübbecke: Monuments in Bavaria - ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments: Volume IV. Upper Franconia . Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (ed.). Munich 1985.
  • Karl Dietel : Steinelburg = Dietrichsburg? . In: The Seven Star , 1968/2. P. 29f.
  • Karl Dietel: Tower hill in the Münchberger valley . In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia , Volume 41.Bayreuth 1961. P. 212.
  • FGV hiking guide through the Fichtel Mountains . 5th edition 1982. p. 266.
  • A. Hedler: Selb, a settlement of early medieval land development . In: Selber Hefte , No. 4. pp. 100–105.
  • Hans Hofner : The early historical fortifications in the Hofer area . In: Kulturwarte , 1961/12.
  • Kellermann: Castle walls in the Fichtel Mountains . In: Archive for history and antiquity of Upper Franconia , Volume 18/1. Bayreuth 1890. p. 209.
  • Rudolph von Reitzenstein : The history of the fortress Epprechtstein . In: Archive for history and antiquity of Upper Franconia , Volume 9/3. Bayreuth 1865. p. 61.
  • RH Schmeißer: Marktleuthen . 1979. pp. 50-52.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Singer : The "Steinelburg" between the Kornberg and the village of Großwendern . In: The Seven Star . Volume 1959/5. Pp. 93-96.
  • Harald Stark : The Steinelburg at Großwendern . In: Der Rußbuttträger , 1986/2. P. 18f.

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