Burgstall Hatzbach

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Hatzbach
Creation time : probably 14th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall, remains of a moat
Standing position : Lower nobility
Place: Stadtallendorf - Hatzbach
Geographical location 50 ° 52 '30.4 "  N , 9 ° 0' 53.8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '30.4 "  N , 9 ° 0' 53.8"  E
Height: 250  m above sea level NN
Burgstall Hatzbach (Hesse)
Burgstall Hatzbach

The Burgstall Hatzbach is a defunct Niederungsburg of the type of a tower hill castle (Motte) in Hatzbach , a district of Stadtallendorf in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hesse .

location

The castle stood at the western exit towards Emsdorf and Wolferode south of the village to the Wohra tributary Hatzbach . The remains of the castle are not preserved. The field name "Der Schloßgarten" still reminds of its former location. The site of the presumed location of the castle drops five meters to the south towards the Hatzbach , while it rises slightly to the north.

history

The castle has not yet been mentioned in the relevant literature. Their existence is proven by local historical literature: Karl Damian Achaz Knoblauch zu Hatzbach reports on the Hatzbach castle. The Wepener Heyneman II. Knobelouch was gräflich ziegenhainischer in 1348 Burgmann to Rauschenberg and probably by the end of the 14th century with Hatzbach invested . Possibly the castle was built around the time of the enfeoffment.

The existence of the Hatzbach Castle is now scientifically recognized. The Hessian State Office for Historical Regional Studies recently added the Hatzbach Castle to its maps in the State Historical Information System of Hesse (LAGIS). The term castle used to have the same meaning as castle and was used to designate a fortification. The Hatzbach Castle has not yet been mentioned in the literature on the Hessian knight castles. To date ( as of May 2014 ) no documentary evidence of a castle in Hatzbach is known.

Oral tradition in Hatzbach also kept the earlier existence of a castle in memory over the centuries. The castle and the associated chapel are also mentioned in the Hatzbach legend of the Knight of Knoblauch and the maiden born . After all, in 1962 the remains of a moat could still be seen at the place where the castle stood . Remnants of the wall were found during excavations. With the construction of the sheep pen that stands today, the last traces have probably disappeared.

On the information page about the place, the castle is associated with the Hatzbacher Hofgut von Knoblauch. The remains of the castle are said to have been used to build the church.

investment

The complex can be seen as a tower hill castle (moth), as it was typical for early and lower nobility seats. Usually a tower with stone foundation walls was raised by half-timbered storeys, stood on an artificially raised mound and was secured by a protective wall ( wooden palisade ) or fence (often just a reinforced wattle fence ) and trenches. Farm yards were mostly located in the outer bailey , which was not always designed as such. A chapel in front of the Hatzbacher castle, as mentioned in the legend, is assumed. A simple function as a tower castle or permanent house is also possible.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief history of the von Knoblauch zu Hatzbach family, Seibert, Peter Seibert, Festschrift for the 700th anniversary of the village of Hatzbach and Eike Erdel, The Barons von Knoblauch come to Hatzbach, in: Bürgererverein Hatzbach (ed.): 750 years of Hatzbach 1262–2012 .
  2. ↑ Cartographic representation of Hatzbach .  In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ This former source area , probably with a small pond, is located about 150 m exactly south of the Burgstall in the corner of Hatzbach and the confluence of the Erksdorfer Bach.
  4. ↑ See: Knight Knoblauch von Hatzbach from sagas from Hesse and Nassau , 1922, chapter: Family sagas .
  5. ↑ Quotation: “In the 14th century, the castle built by Count Ziegenhain was given to the von Knoblauch family as a fief together with the village of Hatzbach and the jurisdiction. This fiefdom became the property of the von Knoblauchs, an old Hessian noble family , in 1848 and has been preserved as a family seat to this day. The stones of the castle were used in 1490 to build a church, the Gothic choir is still intact today. The nave, on the other hand, was rebuilt in 1785 and renovated in 1974. “From http://www.regionherrenwald.de ( Memento from February 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), ( accessed on May 19, 2014 ).