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Burgstall high arch
Hochpogen Castle on the Bavarian land tablets from 1568 by Philipp Apian

Hochpogen Castle on the Bavarian land tablets from 1568 by Philipp Apian

Alternative name (s): Hochpogen
Creation time : 10/11 Century (first documented mention)
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Wall remains
Place: Rimbach (Upper Palatinate)
Geographical location 49 ° 14 '1.9 "  N , 12 ° 56' 4.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 14 '1.9 "  N , 12 ° 56' 4.2"  E
Height: 976  m
Burgstall Hoher Bogen (Bavaria)
Burgstall high arch

The Burgstall Hoher Bogen is located in the Upper Palatinate municipality of Rimbach in the Cham district of Bavaria . The Burgstall is located on the western summit of the same name ( summit Burgstall ) of the Hohen Bogen , which today is largely occupied by broadcasting systems of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation .

history

The oldest parts of the complex were probably built in the 10th or 11th century, at least there are ceramic finds from the 10th century from an excavation of 1952/53. The builders are believed to be the Counts of Bogen , who moved into the eastern Danube County as the successors of the Babenbergs in the 11th century. It is also assumed that this castle was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Bogen. In 1193 Abbot Herrmann from Niederaltaich Monastery reported about the constructio castrorum in Hohenpogen . Adalbert III comes as the builder . Count von Bogen in question. The plant was built using the remains of a previous plant, but remained under Adalbert III. unfinished.

Burgstall Hoher Bogen today

A younger ring wall found during construction work in 1964 overlays a wall remnant and a layer of fire with pieces of clay. An outer wall also belonged to this facility. The facility was surrounded by an approximately 2 m thick mortar quarry stone wall, to which a mortar ramp connects inside. The western curtain wall was interrupted by an approximately 2.5 m wide gate, the fragments of which are now inserted into the wall. The southern part of the castle was separated by a 1 m thick transverse wall with a 1.2 m wide gate. A lime kiln was found in the corner between the transverse and circular walls. With the expansion of the transmitter system 1964, the remains of a backfilled with rubble were the keep cut that protected the castle to the south. Further wall sections leading to the north may have belonged to a residential building. Parts of a cellar were also cut.

Broadcasting system Hoher Bogen of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation

Parts of the castle were still upright in the 16th century; according to the map by Philipp Apian from 1568, the keep and a curtain wall can still be seen. After that, parts of the complex are likely to have been lost by stone robbery, so that only foundation walls were left at the end of the 18th century.

literature

  • Bernhard Ernst: Castle building in the southeastern Upper Palatinate from the early Middle Ages to the early modern period, Part II catalog (=  work on the archeology of southern Germany . Volume 16 ). Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 2001, ISBN 3-933474-20-5 , pp. 290-298 .

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