Frohnberg
The Frohnberg (Markt Hahnbach , Amberg-Sulzbach district ) was created geologically as a result of a relief reversal . It is part of the Upper Palatinate Bruchschollenland . The mountain plays an important role as a place of excursion and pilgrimage for tourism and spiritual life in the central Upper Palatinate .
History
On the Frohnberg near Hahnbach (district Amberg-Sulzbach) there are the remains of a good 8 hectare early medieval wall and ditch system, which, according to recent typological and archaeological-geophysical research, almost certainly dates back to the 8th to 10th centuries AD. is to be dated. It may have played an important role in the rulership structure of the Carolingian-Ottonian period in the vicinity of important long-distance routes and fords over the Vils. The fortification was certainly in a close manorial relationship to the important rulership center of the 8th to 12th centuries in Sulzbach ( Sulzbach Castle , town of Sulzbach-Rosenberg ). Excavations in the center of the Frohnberg in the vicinity of the so-called Lourdes Chapel east of the pilgrimage church of St. Maria Himmelfahrt in 2003 and 2004 revealed the remains of a 9 × 9 meter tower house from the 12th century and other traces of buildings, mainly from residential buildings in Wooden construction. It is very likely that these remains belong to the castle of the Sulzbach ministerial family of the Lords of Hahnbach, which was first documented in 1121. They are evidently located in the nearest larger settlement and in demarcation from the village of Fronberg (today Fromberg) near Sulzbach-Rosenberg "de Hanninpah" only 7 km away "called. A certificate (MGH DFI nr. 989) issued by Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa in 1189 “in Hahnbach” ( in Hanninpah ) could therefore have been signed at Frohnberg Castle just 1 km from Hahnbach, especially since there is no evidence of a low castle in Hahnbach itself or can be recognized in the original cadastre. A church first mentioned in 1467 also belonged to the manor house. She was dedicated to St. Peter and could have its origins in the castle complex of the early Middle Ages. Its remains are to be assumed under the current pilgrimage church. In the course of the 13th century the high medieval castle complex was destroyed. At the end of the 13th century the Frohnberg was in imperial possession. From around 1291 until the 17th century, there is evidence of at least one farmstead subject to interest on the mountain. It is possible that the ruined manor was already inhabited by a pious hermit as early as the 16th century, which could explain the construction of a path chapel in place of the castle's former tower. The Marian pilgrimage on the Frohnberg can be documented for the first time in 1665. A medieval origin of the pilgrimage cannot be ruled out, but as a result of the excavation results it is very unlikely. It is more likely that the pilgrimage originated in the course of the Counter Reformation. The church of St. Maria Himmelfahrt was temporarily the only Catholic church in the Sulzbacher Land and played an important role during the violent disputes in this part of Bavaria in the course of the Counter-Reformation . Even today the pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary on the Frohnberg is a central part of Catholic life in the region.
Frohnberg Festival Week
The so-called Frohnberg Festival Week takes place every year on the Frohnberg. In the week around August 15th, the Feast of the Assumption , several hundred pilgrims come to the services every day. Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ' N , 11 ° 47' E
