Burgstall Purk (Moorenweis)

Burgstall Purk
The east side of the wall system to the north
Alternative name (s):	Purxl, Römerschanze
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Moorenweis -Purk
Geographical location	48 ° 10 '36.5 "  N , 11 ° 4' 34.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '36.5 "  N , 11 ° 4' 34.3"  E

The southwest ditch area from the east

The southwest corner of the fortification from the north

The southern trench area to the east

The Postal Purk (Purxl) denotes an Outbound hilltop castle on a wooded hill overlooking the Moorenweiser Gemeindeteil Purk in district Fürstenfeldbruck in Upper Bavaria . The well-preserved earthworks of the four-sided fortification are likely to go back to the early Middle Ages .

history

The name of the village already refers to the castle complex southwest of the settlement. The population used to refer to the ground monument as "Römerschanze". In fact, the road connection between Augsburg and Salzburg ran just a little south of the castle hill during the Roman Empire . The remains of two Roman buildings were found at the foot of the hill at the end of the 19th century. Later two coin treasures from the period between 137 and 171 AD were discovered. Some finds are now in the city museum in nearby Fürstenfeldbruck . The site has not yet been archaeologically investigated to a large extent. However, further findings from the surrounding area indicate a larger settlement on both sides of the Roman road, which probably existed until the 4th century (coin finds from around 370 AD).

However, the castle hill was already visited during the Neolithic and Bronze Age (archaeological finds: ceramics, a lance tip, etc.).

The unusual conception of the wall fortification speaks for an early medieval dating of the allegedly (local tradition) fortress, which was only abandoned in the 14th century . The local nobility mentioned several times in the 12th century (Ulrich, Friedrich, Gotesalk, Tagino and Hoholt de Burch) possibly sat within the older ramparts. However, there are no clear signs of a high medieval continued use of the Burgplatz in the area. The nickname "de Burch" or "de Purch" can also indicate a slightly paved or even unpaved courtyard in the village.

The district home administrator Toni Drexler therefore doubts the function of the ramparts as a high medieval ministerial or aristocratic seat. It is possible that this is an older - perhaps royal - Carolingian or Ottonian manor (curtis). This is particularly indicated by the similarity of the facility to the nearby Burgstall Haldenberg near Mammendorf . A royal estate is said to have been located here in the 9th century. The impressive ramparts of the Burgstall Purk could be traced back to an expansion from the time of the Hungarian invasions . Numerous fortifications from this period have been preserved in the Augsburg area.

description

The almost square wall and ditch system (approx. 75 × 80 meters) was cleverly laid out on the hill for fortification . The moderately steep slopes drop about 20 to 30 meters on three sides. Here, around four to five meters high ramparts without an external moat protect the Burgplatz. The surrounding inner trench reaches depths of up to five meters. The almost level interior is about one and a half to two meters below the crest of the outer wall.

On the flatter north side, the wall is only weakly pronounced. Behind the moat there is a section wall about one meter high on the edge of the castle plateau, which is probably due to a collapsed wood-earth wall. The rest of the interior fortifications probably consisted only of palisades or wickerwork fences.

In the northeast and southwest, the ramparts are interrupted by driveways. The interior of the castle is accessible here via earth bridges.

Although the castle is said to have been abandoned in the 14th century according to local tradition, there are no remains of high medieval brick rubble or other features of a stone interior in the area. The quadrangular conception of the weir system finds its counterpart in the Haldenberg castle stable just a few kilometers to the northeast. Another similar hill fort is located near Puch ( Fürstenfeldbruck ) on the edge of a slope. However, the corner location only made the construction of an angular wall necessary.

In the interior, a high wooden cross (from 1911) indicates a well-attended forest fair that takes place every July.

Until the 1990s, the annual forest festival took place in front of the northern castle entrance through the neighboring village of Steinbach. For this purpose, a dance podium was set up, the concrete base of which has been preserved.

The Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments lists the ground monument as a wall and ditch system from the early Middle Ages under monument number D 1-7832-0037.

literature

• Karin Marquardt: Moorenweis-Purk: Burgstall and Roman settlement findings . In: Toni Drexler, Walter Irlinger, Rolf Marquardt (eds.): Fürstenfeldbruck district - archeology between Ammersee and Dachauer Moos (guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, volume 48). Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2079-7 .
• Volker Liedke, Peter Weinzierl: Fürstenfeldbruck district (Monuments in Bavaria, Volume I.12). Munich 1996, ISBN 3-87490-574-8 , pp. 202-203.
• Michael Meier (ed.): The art and cultural monuments in the Munich region, 1st volume. Munich 1977, ISBN 3-422-00349-5 , p. 340.

Web links

Commons : Burgstall Purk  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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