Forkenburg

Forkenburg
Alternative name (s):	Fackenburg (1575), Fackenburgk (1579), Vockenburg (1580)
Creation time :	9th to 10th centuries
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	gone, wall recognizable
Place:	Fritzlar - weirs
Geographical location	51 ° 9 '55.1 "  N , 9 ° 16' 52.3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '55.1 "  N , 9 ° 16' 52.3"  E
Height:	198  m above sea level NN

The Forkenburg is a former centrifugal or Wallburg in the district of weirs , a district of Fritzlar in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

geography

It is 197  m above sea level. NHN about 1 km west-southwest of Wehren and about 1 km east-northeast of Haddamar on a low, spur-like ledge north over the meadow of the small Kingelborn brook coming from Haddamar, which flows into the Eder tributary Ems at Wehren . The federal highway 450 from Fritzlar to Wolfhagen runs about 700 m to the west. From this, not far east of Haddamar, the district road  78 branches off eastwards to Werkel and soon afterwards the district road 80 also eastwards to Wehren. The Forkenburg is located in the field between these two streets and can be reached via a dirt road from the K 80, which passes around 300 m to the north.

The attachment

Remains of the former, almost rectangular ramparts with rounded corners are still visible in the west, north and east. It is probably of early medieval origin, possibly from the 9th or 10th century, but is first mentioned in 1575 as Fackenburg , then in 1579 as Fockennbergk and Fackenburgk and lastly in 1580 as Vockenburg . It may have been the seat of the masters of defense who were influential in the Middle Ages, or at least it was in their possession, but this has not been proven.

In the maps of the Electorate of Hesse from 1840 to 1861, the ramparts were shown in a horseshoe shape.

Until 1986, the Forkenburg was designated as an " extensive natural monument (FND)". A reactivation of former lean grassland areas is planned there today.

literature

• Rolf Gensen: The Forkenburg near Wehren . In: Georg Bachmann: The Schwalm-Eder district. (Guide to Archaeological Monuments in Germany, Volume 8.) Theiss, Stuttgart, 1986. P. 39 ff.
• Werner Ide: From Adorf to Zwesten. Local history pocket book for the Fritzlar-Homberg district. Bernecker, Melsungen, 1972, p. 100
• Georg Landau: Historical-topographical description of the desolate localities in the Electorate of Hesse and in the grand-ducal Hessian parts of Hessengaue, Oberlahngaue and Ittergaue (Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies, Seventh Supplement). Fischer, Kassel, 1858, p. 161 ( online at Google Books )

Footnotes

1. ^ Carl Alhard von Drach (ed.): The architectural and art monuments in the Cassel administrative region, Volume II: Fritzlar district. Elwert, Marburg, 1909, p. 201
2. ^ Electorate of Hesse 1840-1861 - 30. Fritzlar. Historical maps. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on June 4, 2018 . 
3. ^ Ordinance on the protection of natural monuments in the Schwalm-Eder district of April 28 , 1986 ; Annex: Table 1 - deleted natural monuments (ND 634.110)
4. ^ Extra high voltage line Wilster - Grafenrheinfeld; BBPIG project no. 4, SuedLink: Annex XV. Classification and listing of spatially planning-relevant information from the project dialogue (pdf 132 kB)

Web links

• Forkenburg, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 9, 2017). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).