Burgstall Weyhers

Burgstall Weyhers
Creation time :	probably 13th century
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Lower nobility
Place:	Ebersburg - Weyhers
Geographical location	50 ° 29 '9.2 "  N , 9 ° 47' 55.7"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '9.2 "  N , 9 ° 47' 55.7"  E
Height:	350  m above sea level NN

The Burgstall Weyhers is a lost moated castle in the district Weyhers of the municipality of Ebersburg in the district of Fulda in Hesse .

description

Coat of arms of those von Ebersberg called Weyhers

Weyhers Castle was the seat of the Lords of Ebersberg called von Weyhers . The place itself belonged to the Lords of Eberstein , but they probably belonged to the same family. There are no remains of the former castle complex. It was first mentioned in 1270. The moated castle was in the southwestern part of the village. Their moats were connected to the Weyherbach coming from the side valley .

literature

• 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. 220f.
• Louis Ferdinand Freiherr von Eberstein: History of the Barons of Eberstein and their possessions , Vlg. Fr. Aug. Eupel, Sondershausen 1865;

Web links

• Weyhers, District of Fulda. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of November 1, 2011). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on September 27, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Ebersberger and Ebersteiner were related to each other, had the same coat of arms (Streitangel = Franconian lily) and had common property, from which it is concluded that they were of one tribe, cf. Book: History of the barons of Eberstein and their possessions .