Burgstall Hagenfels

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Hagenfels
Creation time : 1378
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall, demolished in 1384
Standing position : Priesthood
Construction: Quarry stone, cuboid
Place: Bischofswiesen - Bischofswiesen Forest
Geographical location 47 ° 42 '3.7 "  N , 12 ° 55' 41.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '3.7 "  N , 12 ° 55' 41.4"  E
Height: 750  m above sea level NN
Burgstall Hagenfels (Bavaria)
Burgstall Hagenfels

The Postal Hagen rock is an Outbound hilltop castle on 750  m above sea level. NN near Bischofswiesen in the Berchtesgadener Land district of Bavaria .

description

It was not until 1954 that the remains of this castle were found on the northern foothills of the Lattengebirge above Hallthurm . It was a tower with a base area of ​​about 10 by 10 meters, which was probably 15 meters high. After a further archaeological prospecting in 2004, a fortification system of a much larger size was revealed. Hagenfels was located between two parallel torrents at an altitude of 750  m above sea level. NN . The approximately 500 meter wide space between the two creeks Klausgraben and Hallthurmgraben housed the central residential tower and several porches and outer walls. The side facing east towards the valley was provided with further towers. The system was also secured on the mountain side with a wall and ditch. A thoroughfare about 800 meters long ran through the entire castle. The complex gives the impression that it was never completed.

history

In contrast to the previous opinion that the fortification was built within a few weeks as a result of the Bavarian invasion, based on these findings, a significantly longer preparation time must be assumed. The beginning of the construction period is assumed to be around 1378. Since this castle construction swallowed up large financial resources, it increased the debt level of the small, albeit soon (1380) monastery monastery Berchtesgaden , which was elevated to imperial prelature . Presumably it was the dukes of Bavaria who acted as donors. In addition, this defense system represented a provocation for the Prince Archbishopric of Salzburg due to its offensive character . The Bavarian Duke Friedrich had created an operational base for a major military action against Salzburg after he forced the Berchtesgaden provost Ulrich I. Wulp to "resign" in 1382 and with the Installing Sieghard Waller as provost, who was not recognized by Bavaria , had triggered a " small schism " (1382–1384).

According to the annals of St. Peter Abbey , the Bavarian Duke Friedrich entered the Berchtesgaden Abbey on April 15, 1382 from the Hagenfels Fortress . At the end of this conflict between Salzburg and Bavaria, Hagenfels Castle was conquered by Salzburg and razed in accordance with the provisions of a peace treaty of 1384. Subsequently, Provost Konrad Torer von Törlein (1384-1393) had to pledge the Schellenberg salt works owned by the monastery to Salzburg Archbishop Pilgrim II von Puchheim because of the now ineligible debts , which was the first step towards the temporary full incorporation (1393-1404) of the Berchtesgaden monastery Archdiocese of Salzburg meant.

literature

  • Johannes Lang : On the Berchtesgaden War of 1382. New aspects of the prehistory of the Salzburg incorporation of Berchtesgaden. In Peter F. Kramml (Ed.), Stadt, Land und Kirche. Salzburg in the Middle Ages and in modern times. Self-published "Friends of Salzburg History". Salzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-902582-07-2 .
  • Johannes Lang: Reichenhaller Burgenweg - guide to the castles and palaces in the Reichenhaller area . Published by the Verein für Heimatkunde Bad Reichenhall und Umgebung eV, Bad Reichenhall 2004, pp. 26–27.
  • Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the district of Upper Bavaria, Munich 1995, p. 170.
  • Joseph Ernst von Koch-Sternfeld: History of the Principality of Berchtesgaden and its salt works in three books. 3 parts in one volume . 1983, Salzburg: Druckhaus-Nonntal (reprint of the Salzburg edition, 1815).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Feulner: Berchtesgaden - history of the country and its inhabitants . P. 72 f.
  2. ↑ P. 18–19, In: Festschrift 850 Years of Bischofswiesen ( Memento from July 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5.9 MB)
  3. ↑ Manfred Feulner : Berchtesgaden. History of the country and its people. 4th edition. Berchtesgadener Anzeiger, Berchtesgaden 2002, ISBN 3-925647-30-9 , pp. 75-76.