Frauenburg near Eisenach
| Frauenburg | ||
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 View to the Hainstein (center), in the background the location of Metilstein Castle |
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| Creation time : | before 1250 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Deserted castle | |
| Standing position : | city | |
| Place: | Eisenach | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 58 '13 " N , 10 ° 18' 52.9" E | |
| Height: | 320 m above sea level NN | |
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The Frauenburg near Eisenach is an abandoned medieval hilltop castle that can no longer be precisely located due to overbuilding . The meaning of the name "Frauenburg" was always explained as a castle or fortification in front of the Marien or Frauentor of the city fortifications.
history
In the Thuringian-Hessian War of Succession (1247–1263), a ring of siege and fortifications was built around the Wartburg . According to the Eisenach chronicler Johannes Rothe, these are said to have been created by the citizens of Eisenach and the attacking Hessian and Brunswick troops. In January 1261, Landgrave Heinrich the Illustrious began to storm the siege castles of Metilstein , Eisenach Castle and the city of Eisenach itself from his base on the Wartburg and with the troops brought in . He conquered and gradually destroyed all enemy positions.
The facility was then rebuilt again in the Wettin House War in 1306 by the rebelling Eisenachers and their allies against the Wartburg, attacked several times in the following battles and abandoned with the defeat of the Eisenach in 1308.
Structural matters
The Frauenburg was described as a fortification secured by a neck ditch , palisade fences and ramparts . For the location, which cannot be precisely delimited, two equally likely locations are named: The summit of the Hainstein and a rocky promontory that was shaped in the 19th century near today's Reuter-Wagner Museum over the Hainteichen. The exposed location and the close proximity to Burgweg, the main entrance to the Wartburg, speak for first place. The second place is located directly above the Haintalsborn and the ponds located there; thus the water supply of the besieged Wartburg could be made more difficult.
literature
- Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , Eisenach, Frauenburg disappeared, p. 48 .
- Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , Frauenburg, p. 103 .
- Gerd Bergmann: Communal movement in medieval Eisenach. Eisenach writings on local history. Issue 36. Eisenach 1987.