Burgstall Haunswies
| Burgstall Haunswies | ||
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 Burgstall Haunswies - northeast part of the small castle site |
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| Creation time : | Early 12th century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Affing - Haunswies | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 27 '8.4 " N , 11 ° 0' 29.6" E | |
| Height: | 500 m above sea level NN | |
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The Postal Haunswies is an Outbound Spur castle on a wooded hill southeast of the Affinger hamlet Haunswies in Swabian Aichach-Friedberg . The small ground monument is likely to go back to a high medieval manor or ministerial residence.
history
Around 1100 the noble free Altŏm (Alto) de Huneswis appears in a document. Another member of this family is a Hartwig and his son Ratgis between 1133 and 1167. The relatively rare first name Altŏm could indicate a relationship to the noble lords of Affing (Alto de Affingin, early 12th century).
Franz Weber assigned the Burgstall in 1896 to a clan of the Count Palatine of Bavaria ( Wittelsbacher ). It is possible that the former noble lords of Haunswies joined the Wittelsbach family in the 12th century and secured the protection of the more powerful dynasts.
In the sparse literature there is no further information on the history of the castle square, which was probably already abandoned in the High Middle Ages .
description
The Burgstall is about 25 meters above the valley (about 500 m above sea level) on a spur facing west on the slope of the "Seissenberg". The one-piece structure of the small fortress is unusual . The Burgplatz is only separated from the ridge by an arched ditch - about 0.5 to one meter deep . The oval castle plateau, which towers over the site by around three to four meters, only has a floor area of around 25 x 25 meters. In the west the slope drops steeply into the valley. To the east of the castle, the terrain rises another 15 meters.
In the southwest of the plateau a pit points to a tower that was supposed to protect the gate. From the east, the Burgweg flows into the neck ditch , on the south side of which another pit may mark an additional gate protection. Some other deepenings in the castle area can be traced back to modern robbery excavations . The castle tale of a buried treasure that could be lifted at night accompanied by a maiden forced the ground monument preservation department to take protective measures for the last time in 2000.
No earthworks or terrain features of a bailey are discernible in the area. The early or even pre-medieval appearance of the monument is more like a slightly fortified residence or a small fortress. Typologically, the castle site could be classified as an early tower hill . The high medieval castle complexes in the area show clearly more impressive earthworks and moat depths (see: Burgstall Mühlhausen , Burgstall Miedering ).
The elevated position of the small castle above the village speaks for the noble origin of the Lords of Haunswies. The numerous servant families of the early High Middle Ages usually sat on fortified farms or small tower mounds in the valley or in the villages.
The Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments lists the ground monument as a medieval tower hill under the monument number D 7-7532-0023.
literature
- Franz Weber: On the prehistory and early history of the Lechrain. Supplements and additions - Burgstall von Haunswies . In: Journal of the historical association for Swabia and Neuburg, Volume 23, 1896, p. 113.
- Helmut Rischert: The castles in the Affing community . In: Aichach-Friedberg district (ed.): Altbayern in Schwaben 2007 . Reports and research results from the Aichach-Friedberg district, Matthäus Günther Verlag, Friedberg 2007, pp. 27–46.
- Aichach-Friedberg district (ed.): The five castles in the Affing community . Ground monuments in the district of Aichach-Friedberg No. 6, leaflet for the "Open Monument Day", text Helmut Rischert, Aichach 2006.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
