Robisch castle wall
| Robisch castle wall | ||
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 Robisch castle wall, north-west side |
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| Creation time : | about 10th century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg , Spornburg | |
| Conservation status: | Ramparts and ditches | |
| Place: | Dohna | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 57 '45.1 " N , 13 ° 51' 18.9" E | |
| Height: | 140 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle ramparts on the Robisch, the Robisch castle ramparts , are located on a mountain spur above the confluence of the Ritzschke Bach in the Müglitz and the Dohna railway station in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district in Saxony . The Wallburg was a Sorbian fortification built around the 10th century .
history
When the castle was built, the natural protective layer, a mountain spur protected on three sides by steep slopes, was used for defense. The ramparts and moats of the former castle, which are still visible today, are located on the unprotected northwest side facing Meuschaer Höhe . Probably stood on the highest inner wall a palisade fence .
Evidenced by archaeological finds, a Bronze Age settlement (2000–800 BCE) could already be proven on the Robisch (Robsch, Robscher, Raubscher, Raubbusch) . The ceramic finds are dated to the 10th to 12th centuries and prove the later Sorbian settlement. During this time, the Robisch was expanded into a Fliehburg . There are no written sources on this at all.
The Schlossberg, only one kilometer away from Robisch, which also had a Sorbian defense system before the imperial castle Donin (Dohna) was built over it, bears witness to the importance of the road to Bohemia in the Sorbengau Nisan and illustrates the functional connection between the two castles.
Description in reference books of the 19th century
In the well-known reference works of the 19th century, the construction of the Robischs by the Burgraves of Dohna with the Thorun Castle is indicated, which was built on Episcopal Meissnian soil and therefore, documented, was designated for demolition in 1206. The Robisch is also mentioned as the location of Thorun Castle in August Schumann's State Lexicon of Saxony (1814):
- [...] Opposite the castle ruins (Dohna Castle) on the mountain beyond the Müglitz, in the so-called Robisch (Raubbusch) ruins of Thorun Castle, which the burgraves built in 1206, had to be removed again soon afterwards, because they stood on the property of the Bishop of Meissen . The Müglitz must have called the Meißnische Stiftsgränze (diocese of Meißen) here [...].
Today's historiography only mentions the Sorbian ramparts for the 10th to 12th centuries, according to the chronological order of the ceramic finds. Since there is no written evidence of the Robisch castle wall and the exact location of the former Thorun castle, these earlier information, which are no longer valid, are included for the sake of completeness.
Current condition
The terrain has changed a lot in the last few decades. The access to the Robisch from the müglitz or train station is no longer accessible. The high terrace of the former ramparts is inaccessible, partially built-up private property and is cordoned off. The earlier ascent to the ramparts and the vantage point is still clearly visible. The signpost at the point of the ascent is currently still there.
The Robisch has been listed as a ground monument since 1935.
See also
literature
- Max Winkler and Hermann Raußendorf: The burgrave town of Dohna . In: Messages from the Saxon Homeland Security Association . Volume 25, items 1-4, Dresden 1936 ( data set of the German National Library ). Inside: Sorbenschanze on the Robisch
- Christine Klecker: How Dohna was lost. Weesenstein Castle Museum. In it: p. 15 - duplication of the weir system - Robisch
- Herbert Wotte : Baroque garden Großsedlitz / Dohna - Wesenstein - Wilisch , Issue 99, VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1961. Therein: P. 9-10 Settlement and Flurformen - Robisch
- Karlheinz Blaschke : History of Saxony in the Middle Ages , Union Verlag Berlin , 1990
- Dohna . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 1st volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1814, p. 757. - therein: Robisch
Web links
- Website of the city of Dohna, including history (Burg Dohna and Robisch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Dohna . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 1st volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1814, p. 757.