Rametstein Castle Stables

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Rametstein Castle Stables

The Rametstein castle stable is located in the Unteriederndorf district of the municipality of Schönau im Mühlkreis in the Freistadt district of Upper Austria and is located on the highest point of the hill of the same name, which can be reached via the Rametsteiner farm (Unterniederndorf 2).

history

After several inspections, the former wooden castle was located on the summit of Rametstein by Alfred Höllhuber in 1967 and 1989 . The first Romanesque pottery shards were found in the area of ​​a newly laid out transport route . On the summit of the mountain there was a rectangle with 9 x 6 m rows of stones as well as a surrounding wall. A wall that fell into the interior and sooty stones probably belonged to a kitchen and a smoke extraction system.

Loamy sand mixed with rubble stones was found in the square. In the further course of the explorations, nails, many pieces of ceramic, an arrowhead, remains of belt buckles, a knife fragment and charcoal were found on the ground. On the north-east side of the steep slope towards the Waldaist there is a dump of rubble with fallen stones, a particularly large number of ceramic parts were found here. The ceramics are dated to the early 12th century, and some also to the second half of the 13th century.

The residential tower of the residence was probably built from wood (block construction) over a basement, which served as a storage room. If you take into account the information in the Schwabenspiegel ( "Man mac wol buven ane sin urlop drier gademe hoh with wood or with stainen whether der earth, ane zinnen and ane brustwer." ), The residential tower could have three floors ("drier gademe") have been high. An attempt to reconstruct the complex has been made, but must remain hypothetical due to a lack of archaeological evidence. Presumably a yeoman sat here, although the seat was destroyed during the invasions of Bohemia around 1226.

Burgstall Rametstein today

The Burgstall is located on a prominent hilltop surrounded by the Waldaist, a moat and remains of walls are still there today. The facility is not a listed building.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schwabenspiegel
  2. ↑ Alfred Höllhuber , 1994, p. 116.
  3. ↑ Christian K. Steingruber , 2013, p. 95.

Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 43 ″  N , 14 ° 42 ′ 18 ″  E