Burgstall Radeck

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Burgstall Radeck
Burgstall and adjoining house

Burgstall and adjoining house

Alternative name (s): Castle stable "Am Schlossberg"
Creation time : probably 12th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Schwarzenbach am Wald - Rodeck - "Schlossberg"
Geographical location 50 ° 15 '41 "  N , 11 ° 37' 50.6"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 '41 "  N , 11 ° 37' 50.6"  E
Height: 590  m above sea level NN
Burgstall Radeck (Bavaria)
Burgstall Radeck

The Burgstall Radeck , also known as the Burgstall am Schlossberg, is the remainder of the high medieval hilltop castle Radeck. It was located directly above the valley of the Wild Rodach, southwest of the Rodeck district of the community Schwarzenbach am Wald in the Upper Franconian district of Hof in Bavaria , Germany . Only a ditch and an edge wall have survived from the system on a rock spur . The castle site is protected as a ground monument number D-4-5735-0003: "Late medieval castle stables".

Geographical location

The former Spornburg was about 600 meters southwest of the center of Rodeck and 250 meters north of the Bischofsmühle at around 590  m above sea level. NN high mountain spur , the Schlossberg, in the eastern part of the Franconian Forest low mountain range . To the west it is bounded by the valley of the Wild Rodach , to the south by a side valley. A small plateau joins the village of Rodeck to the east.

history

The von Radeck gentlemen were mentioned as early as the 12th century and are considered to be related to the von der Grün and other neighboring families. In the 14th century the Bamberg fiefdom of the von Waldenfels was probably the free property . The castle was destroyed in the feud between the Waldenfelser and the Landgraves of Thuringia and the Margraves of Meißen and returned in 1378. The episcopal office changed to Enchenreuth around 1500 . After the castle was given up as an official residence , it fell into disrepair in the 16th century. The castle, which had become inoperable, was further damaged during the Peasants' War in 1525. The population removed stones in order to reuse them for other buildings.

description

The wooded castle site, built with a house, is located on a mountain spur facing south-west above the deep and steep valley of the Wild Rodach . The area of ​​the former castle slopes steeply to the south and west and was therefore very well protected by nature. To the north as well as to the east, where the pre-area rises slightly to an adjoining Franconian forest plateau, a ditch was dug for protection . This steeply sloping, semicircular trench is up to ten meters wide and five meters on the outside and eight meters on the inside. Outside, a flattened wall is presented to him, which only reaches a height of 0.5 meters. There are no more remains of the wall or other building traces.

literature

  • Karl-Ludwig Lippert : Naila district . In: The art monuments of Bavaria , short inventories, XVII. Band . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1963, p. 54.
  • Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical monuments in Upper Franconia . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 5). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1955, p. 130.
  • Hans Seiffert : Castles and palaces in the Franconian Forest . Published by Frankenwaldverein . Verlag Wilhelm Saalfrank, Helmbrechts 1937, pp. 115–118.

Web links

Commons : Burgstall Radeck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Entry on Radeck in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical site monuments of Upper Franconia , p. 130
  2. ↑ List of monuments for Schwarzenbach am Wald (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 131 kB)
  3. ^ Location of the Burgstall in the Bavarian Monument Atlas
  4. ^ Source description: Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical terrain monuments of Upper Franconia , p. 130