Burgstall Wutzelstein

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Burgstall Wutzelstein
Wutzelstein

Wutzelstein

Alternative name (s): Teunz Tower Hill
Creation time : medieval
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall, remains of a moat
Place: Teunz
Geographical location 49 ° 29 '8.4 "  N , 12 ° 24' 47.3"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '8.4 "  N , 12 ° 24' 47.3"  E
Height: 511  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Wutzelstein (Bavaria)
Burgstall Wutzelstein

The Burgstall Wutzelstein , also called the Teunz Tower , is located in the Upper Palatinate municipality of Teunz in the Schwandorf district of Bavaria . The stables of the former hilltop castle are located approx. 2100 m east-northeast of Teunz and 3000 m north-northwest of Oberviechtach .

Murach loop below the Wutzelstein

description

In a loop of the Murach , near a fork in an old road, a mountain tongue protruding to the northwest ends with the Wutzelstein rock that breaks off steeply to the northeast, northwest and southwest of the valley floor. Compared to the valley floor, the Burgstall is about 10 m higher and occupies a base area of ​​12 × 15 m. To the southeast it is set off from the rear by a semicircular ditch . Its depth is 2 m towards the castle stable and up to one meter towards the backland. To the north, the approach of another ditch is presented to this, which from the steep slope only extends a little way into the neck between Burgstall and the hinterland. Possibly the hill edge of the castle stable was protected with bushes ( Hagbefestigung ) or dry stone walls ; In the middle of the area there was presumably a permanent house , which did not consist of stone blocks, but at best of rubble stones , also of mud bricks and timber framework . This construction was sufficient as protection in the early High Middle Ages , when weapon technology ( crossbow ) could hardly be dangerous for such buildings with even a relatively low protection value.

history

Nothing more is known about the history of this castle stable. It is assumed, however, that this was the Teunz Tower Hill Castle. The facility protected the old road running through the Murach valley in the direction of Schönsee , which met below the Burgstall with the road connection Oberviechtach - Fuchsberg - Tännesberg . The farm yard belonging to the tower hill must have been in Teunz. Since Teunz is a Slavic name, the builder of the tower hill must have been a Slavic ministerial , possibly from the family of the Walpots , who was closely related to the Schweinfurt Nordgaugrafen .

literature

  • Armin Stroh : The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate. (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 3). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-5030-3 , p. 293.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erwin Herrmann: Teunz. A contribution to tower hill research, accessed on June 5, 2020
  2. ↑ Emma Mages : Oberviechtach . Ed .: Commission for Bavarian State History (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Old Bavaria, Issue 61). Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7696-9693-X , p. 9 , above ( [1] [accessed June 5, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Erwin Herrmann: Teunz. A contribution to tower hill research, accessed on June 5, 2020 , p. 440.