Burgstall Willenberg

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Burgstall Willenberg
Burgstall Willenberg

Burgstall Willenberg

Alternative name (s): Oberhausen, Wildenberg, Achberg
Creation time : around 1170
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Castle stable, neck ditch, small remains of the wall
Standing position : Local nobility
Place: Oberhausen - Achberg - "Schlossberg"
Geographical location 47 ° 45 '57.5 "  N , 11 ° 6' 22.8"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '57.5 "  N , 11 ° 6' 22.8"  E
Height: 625  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Willenberg (Bavaria)
Burgstall Willenberg

The Postal Willenberg , even Oberhausen , Wildberg , Achberg called, refers to an Outbound high medieval hilltop castle at 625  m above sea level. NHN in spur location on the "Schlossberg" about 500 meters north-northeast of the Achberg crossroads and 1000 meters south via Maxlried , districts of the municipality of Oberhausen in the Weilheim-Schongau district in Bavaria .

history

The castle was built around 1170 by Bernhard von Husen (Hausen), also called Bernhard II von Weilheim. The nobles von Weilheim, who had lived here since around 1170, expanded the castle into a hilltop castle. They called themselves the "Noble von Husen". The last village nobleman died in 1420.

The castle was probably owned by Duke Ludwig the Bavarian from 1318 . It is mentioned as a gift from Ettal Abbey in 1332 . In 1420 Ulrich Ebran is named as the last lord of the castle. In the 15th century the castle fell into disrepair and was demolished. In 1568 the castle was mentioned by Apian as "Willenperg collis et sylva, in eo antiqua vestigia arcis visuntur".

The south-west facing moat and small remains of the wall are still preserved from the former castle complex. In the Middle Ages, the path to the slightly elevated core castle was surrounded by swampy terrain in the north and east. The moat around the location in the south bailey was called a reservoir, today "Seewiese".

The name "Burg Achberg", which is also mentioned by Meyer, should however refer to an estate southwest of the Burgberg.

Today the site is registered as a ground monument D-1-8232-0022 “Castle stables of the high and late Middle Ages ('Willenberg')” by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

Burgstall Willenberg
View of Castle Hill from the east
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Wall remains
Wall remains
View of the castle hill ("Schloßberg") from the southeast
One berry at the Willenberg castle stable

literature

  • Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the district of Upper Bavaria, Munich 1995, pp. 499–500.
  • Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 266 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Location of the Burgstall in the Bavaria Atlas
  2. ↑ a b c Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria , p. 499.
  3. ↑ Georg Paula , Stefanie Berg-Hobohm : District Weilheim-Schongau: Monuments in Bavaria. Volume 1, Lipp, Munich 2003, p. 182.
  4. ↑ Oberhausen municipality. In: The district of Weilheim-Schongau. Editor: District Office Weilheim-Schongau 2010, Texts: Max Biller (district archivist), Helmut Schmidbauer (district home administrator), p. 59.
  5. ↑ Werner Meyer: Burgen in Oberbayern , p. 266.
  6. ↑ Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria , p. 500.
  7. ↑ List of monuments for Oberhausen (near Peißenberg) (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 127 kB)