Burgstall Maihingen

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Burgstall Maihingen
Creation time : Hallstatt and early La Tène times
First mentioned in 1273
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Maihingen
Geographical location 48 ° 56 '2 "  N , 10 ° 29' 13.2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '2 "  N , 10 ° 29' 13.2"  E
Burgstall Maihingen (Bavaria)
Burgstall Maihingen

The Burgstall Maihingen is an archaeological site in southern Germany. It is located on the Klosterberg near Maihingen in the Donau-Ries district in Swabia . The castle square was used from the Neolithic to the late Middle Ages and was later severely disrupted by stone quarrying and material extraction.

history

In 1921, during an excavation under the direction of Ernst Frickhinger, traces of settlement from the Altheim stage of the Paleolithic Age were found. Some archaeological finds ( fibulae , coins ) show continued use in the late Hallstatt and early La Tène periods . The remnants of the fortifications that have been preserved make an early medieval , perhaps Hungarian period, extension of the ramparts likely, which were later expanded into a high-medieval stone castle. A local nobility does not appear in the written sources until 1273. The Lords of Maihingen were servants of the powerful Counts of Oettingen, but they are likely to have left the hilltop castle in the early 14th century. In 1336 the counts enfeoffed one of their other ministerials with the rule, who from then on called himself "Friedrich von Maihingen" after his new fiefdom. This second noble family lived in the castle until the beginning of the 15th century. Then the fortress was abandoned and exploited as a quarry.

description

The fortification uses the steep slopes of the Klosterberg (also Mühl - or Hagberg ), which protrudes in a wedge shape into the valley of the Mauch about 350 meters north of the Maihingen Monastery. Only in the north is there a connection to the - somewhat higher - Hackenberglein . The plateau, which is about 40 meters above the Mauch, is strongly fissured by modern quarries and pits. Only the west and north sides of the former two- to three-fold wall system remain, the other sides have slipped or destroyed. Using the traces of the terrain, an approximately trapezoidal floor plan of around 150 × 100 meters can be reconstructed. The curtain wall and the interior of the medieval castle fell victim to the extraction of materials.

literature

  • Hans Frei, Günther Krahe (ed.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Bavaria - Swabia. Volume 2: Archaeological walks in the Ries . 2nd Edition. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart / Aalen 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0568-X , pp. 161-164.