Burgstall Muschenheim

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Burgstall Muschenheim
Vaulted cellar with staircase and light shaft

Vaulted cellar with staircase and light shaft

Alternative name (s): Castle in the meadow at the Wetter
Creation time : probably end of the 12th, beginning of the 13th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Burgstall, cellar vault
Standing position : Lower nobility,
Construction: Quarry stone, sandstone
Place: Lich - Muschenheim
Geographical location 50 ° 28 '57.6 "  N , 8 ° 47' 57.7"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '57.6 "  N , 8 ° 47' 57.7"  E

The Burgstall Muschenheim , now also known as the Burg im Wiesengrund on the Wetter , is a moated castle on the southern edge of Muschenheim , a district of Lich in the district of Gießen ( Hesse ).

Geographical location

The moated castle was on the southern outskirts in a meadow near the nearby Wetter . Today almost nothing can be seen of the broken castle, as the castle grounds were largely built over. Today's Burgstall still includes a vaulted cellar . The cellar is privately owned and is located at Hessengasse 33 in front of an outbuilding of the neighboring house.

history

Entrance portal to the vaulted cellar
The hill with the cellar

It is not known whether the former moated castle was built by von Muschenheim . The von Muschenheim were probably servants of the feudal lords of the town of Muschenheim. This was an allodial property of the Lords of Hagen and Arnsburg , came in inheritance to the Munzenberg family , later to the Lords of Falkenstein and in 1423 to the Counts of Solms-Braunfels . The Muschenheimer were first documented in 1198 with Brunward and Siegfried , owned the so-called Entenhof (1324 "in deme ende hobe") and died out around 1685. In 1314 a Conrad von Muschenheim sealed it in the documents of the nearby Arnsburg monastery . A daughter of Dammos von Muschenheim-Burkhardsfelden , Dammos had lived in the village since at least 1322, married Kraft von Bellersheim in 1334 . This is addressed with his brother Johann von Bellersheim as the owner of the castle in Wiesengrund on the Wetter . In 1382 a Richard von Muschenheim is mentioned.

Since the 14th century, a line of those von Bellersheim owned the castle. Nothing more is known about the further history of the castle. In 1818 the last owner of Bellersheim, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Bellersheim, moved to Munzenberg , where he died nine years later. As early as 1821 the castle and courtyard buildings were demolished, and after his death the property was divided and sold. The church chronicle from 1858 reports that "the baron family von Bellersheim owned a beautiful castle here in Muschenheim and an estate from 324 acres along with a farm". The Muschenheim residents who acquired the estate were called the "von Bellerheim'schen estate buyers".

The old name “ Alteburg ” refers to the Roman fort in Arnsburg, west of Muschenheim . The field name “ sprechende burg ” (1354) or “ sprechindinburg ” (1356) cannot be assigned.

Building description

The six by ten meter rectangular vaulted cellar is no longer built over and runs slightly at an angle to the street. It lies under an overgrown hill and is up to half the height of the room in the ground. In the southwest corner of the room, a 12-step staircase leads to a portal without a door leaf, which is framed with sandstone blocks and framed by a stone wall . On the north side (street side) of the cellar, two small light shafts in the vault lead diagonally upwards into the open. The square openings were secured by concrete in modern times. A sloping shaft on the south side and a sloping shaft on the east wall are closed at the exit. A smaller shaft rises vertically on the west wall and is also closed at the exit. There is a niche under the western shaft above the floor, slightly offset to the left. Another niche is on the west side of the staircase. For historical reasons, the vaulted cellar is a Hessian cultural monument .

The moats that were once connected to the weather are completely leveled.

  • stairway

  • Northeast Bay

  • Looking east

  • niche

Todays use

The remains of the Burgstall are not developed (electricity) and are unused. A visit to the privately owned vault must be requested.

See also

literature

  • Paul Görlich: Muschenheim. In: Magistrat der Stadt Lich (Ed.), Paul Görlich (Ed.): Licher Heimatbuch. Selbstverlag, Lich 1989, pp. 515-517.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 2nd Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1995, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 309.
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.); Karlheinz Lang (edit.): Hessengasse 33, Erdkeller In: Cultural monuments in Hessen. District of Giessen I. Hungen, Laubach, Lich, Reiskirchen. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8062-2177-0 , pp. 522-523.
  • Karl Ebel, Heinrich Walbe : The art monuments of the Gießen district. Volume 2. Arnsburg monastery with Altenburg , Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Hessischer Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1919
  • Karl Ebel, Paul Helmke, Heinrich Walbe: The art monuments of the Gießen district. Volume III. Southern part without Arnsburg , Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Hessischer Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1933, p. 309
  • Sven Weigel: Castles and palaces in the Gießen district. Verlag Emil Winter, Heuchelheim 2000, ISBN 3-926923-28-8 , p. 74 f.

Web links

Commons : Hessengasse 33 (Muschenheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The art monuments in the People's State of Hesse , Gießen district, Volume III, southern part without Arnsburg , p. 309
  2. ↑ Entry on Muschenheim Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
  3. ^ Ludwig Baur : Document book of the Arnsburg monastery in the Wetterau , Darmstadt 1851, p. 288.
  4. ^ Ludwig Baur: Document book of the Arnsburg monastery in the Wetterau , Darmstadt 1851, p. 321.
  5. ^ Ludwig Baur: Document book of the Arnsburg monastery in the Wetterau , Darmstadt 1851, p. 638.
  6. ^ A b Paul Görlich: Muschenheim. 1989, p. 517.
  7. ^ Weigel: Castles and palaces in the Gießen district. 2000, p. 75.
  8. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. District of Giessen I. 2008, p. 522.
  9. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. District of Giessen I. 2008, p. 523.