Burgstall Mederike

Burgstall Mederike
Alternative name (s):	Mederich, Medrike, Mederke, Methriki, Medricki
Creation time :	before 1236
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Mederich desert , Volkmarsen district
Geographical location	51 ° 25 '34.7 "  N , 9 ° 4' 37.2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '34.7 "  N , 9 ° 4' 37.2"  E
Height:	192  m above sea level NHN

The former Mederike Castle or Mederich Castle (historically also Medrike, Mederke, Methriki, Medricki, Medrecke) is an abandoned castle in the now desolate village of Mederich in the Volkmarsen district , about 3 km west of the core town of Volkmarsen in the North Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg . It was in the depression where the L 3081 state road from Volkmarsen to Herbsen crosses the wall today . The place is still called “Auf der Burg” today.

history

In the 13th century at the latest, the Lords of Mederike, mentioned in a document from 1209 onwards, who held the office of graph there, built a small moated castle on Allod property , which has now completely disappeared , but which probably had the character of a fortified court. Mederike Castle is mentioned in 1236 and 1269 as the seat of the family of the same name. In 1318 it is mentioned again when two brothers von Mederich divided the estate, and in July 1324 Archbishop Heinrich von Köln bought the opening of the castle, which had not been part of a feudal association . In 1386 Herbord von Mederich transferred his rights to Mederich Castle to Archbishop Friedrich III. from Cologne.

The lords of Mederike died out in the male line in 1405 at the latest. It is believed that the castle - which may have degenerated into a robber's nest - was destroyed around 1410, presumably by fire, as considerable amounts of charred grain were found during the reclamation of the meadows there. The last remains were broken off around 1820. In 1929 ramparts and ditches could still be seen, but in 1989 the castle could only be localized on the basis of the discoloration of the ground: however, these show the shape of the moated castle and the discoloration of the ground in front of the castle, which indicate a courtyard or an outer castle .

literature

• Burchard Christian von Spilcker: History of the Counts of Everstein and their possessions. Speyer'sche Buchhandlung, Arolsen, 1833
• Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites. 3rd edition. Wartberg-Verlag. Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000. ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 31.
• Gottfried Ganßauge, Walter Kramm, Wolfgang Medding: Architectural and art monuments of the administrative district of Kassel, Wolfhagen district , New Series, Volume 1, 1937 (p. 183 f.)

Web links

• Mederich Castle, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of June 27, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on August 1, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Arnold: Settlements and migrations of German tribes: mostly after Hessian place names. 2nd edition. Elwert, Marburg, 1881 (p. 136)
2. ↑ Knappe, Medieval Castles in Hessen , p. 31.
3. ↑ Spilcker, pp. 148, 149
4. ↑ Spilcker, p. 149
5. ↑ Ludwig Theodor August Holscher: The older diocese Paderborn, according to its old borders, archdeaconates, districts and old courts. Part VI: Archidiaconat Warburg. In: Association for history and antiquity of Westphalia (ed.): Journal for patriotic history and antiquity , vol. 41, Regensberg, Münster, 1883, p. 188
6. ^ Regest of the Archbishops of Cologne 9, No. 1158
7. ↑ Mederich Chapel, at the Catholic parish of St. Marien Volkmarsen
8. ^ Mederich Castle, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of June 27, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on August 1, 2014 .