Burgstall Haldenberg (Mammendorf)

Haldenberg Castle Stables
Alternative name (s):	Iberberg, Biberberg
Creation time :	Early middle ages
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Mammendorf
Geographical location	48 ° 12 '35.4 "  N , 11 ° 8' 51"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '35.4 "  N , 11 ° 8' 51"  E
Height:	555  m above sea level NN

The Postal Haldenberg even Iberberg or Beaver Mountain called, refers to an Outbound hilltop castle on a hill at 555  m above sea level. NN about 750 meters northwest of the St Nicholas Church of Mammendorf in the Fürstenfeldbruck district , Upper Bavaria .

history

The ramparts are likely to go back to the early Middle Ages . As early as 759 AD, a David von Mammindorf appeared in a document from the Freising diocese . In the 9th century there was probably a royal estate in Mammendorf, which was called the "oppidum". The ramparts on the hill could have enclosed the manor of this royal estate (curtis).

In 1260 a Konrad von Haldenberg appeared as a Hohenstaufen ministerial . This servant came from the Hegnenberg family, whose small tower hill castle (Motte) on the outskirts of Althegnenberg has had a baroque chapel ( Burgstall Althegnenberg ) since the 17th century . Konrad received the rule Haldenberg in the course of an inheritance. Only a few years later (around 1268) the Haldenberger built a new castle on the Lech high bank north of Landsberg ( Holdberg Castle ) and sold his possessions in Mammendorf.

This move is likely to be related to the transfer of ownership of the former Hohenstaufen areas on the Lechrain to the Wittelsbach family . After the beheading of Conradin in Naples, the former imperial or Hohenstaufen ministerials had to reorient themselves politically and often sought their livelihood in the wake of new masters. To secure the new western border, the Wittelsbachers built some new fortresses and fortifications, including the castles Haltberg, Kaltenberg and Hofhegnenberg.

In the High and Late Middle Ages , the "Iberberg" carried the castle of Hofmark Mammendorf. Despite the relocation of Konrad to the Lech, the Hofmark remained partially owned by the Haldenbergers. The sex died out in the male line in the early 15th century. Dorothea and Albrecht von Hegnenberg bequeathed most of the property to their daughter Walburga von Welden. After the battle of Alling (1422) the castle and courtyard were destroyed.

Dorothea, the widow of the last Haldenberger, died around 1430 and passed on the remaining shares to the community, which in return had to undertake to hold an "eternal praise service" in memory of the deceased. This anniversary was last celebrated in 1923.

description

The ground monument was severely affected by the agricultural use of the castle square. In the area you can still see the north and south-east, up to two meters high ramparts of the four-sided system with sides of about 90 to 100 meters. In aerial photographs (see inventory volume), the entire complex emerges as a rectangle shifted to the east. The hamlet of Haldenberg joins the fortification to the southeast . A striking round water tower rises to the west .

The high to late medieval Hofmarksburg seems to have been more of a fortified courtyard that continued to use the older ramparts. No typical features of a high medieval castle can be seen in the area. The object is more reminiscent of a square hill from the late Iron Age . In 1996, a Hallstatt-era settlement was excavated below the hill . However, the Burgstall is unlikely to have any direct connection with this settlement.

The Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments lists the ground monument as a wall and ditch system from the early Middle Ages under monument number D 1-7732-0025.

literature

• Toni Drexler: The Burgstall Haldenberg . In: Toni Drexler, Walter Irlinger, Rolf Marquardt (eds.): Fürstenfeldbruck district - archeology between Ammersee and Dachauer Moos (guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, volume 48). Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2079-7 .
• Volker Liedke, Peter Weinzierl: Fürstenfeldbruck district (Monuments in Bavaria, Volume I.12). Munich 1996, ISBN 3-87490-574-8 , pp. 176-177.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry