Winning stick

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Winning stick
Today's remains of the moth, view from the north

Today's remains of the moth, view from the north

Alternative name (s): castrum in Sualheim (1282/83), borgk in Swalheim, Gewanekippel, Gewannekippel
Creation time : approx. 10th century (documented in 1282/83)
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : unknown
Place: Bad Nauheim - Schwalheim
Geographical location 50 ° 21 '20.5 "  N , 8 ° 45' 36.9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '20.5 "  N , 8 ° 45' 36.9"  E
Height: 133  m above sea level NN
Gewanneküppel (Hessen)
Winning stick

The Gewanneküppel is the remainder of a low castle that was built in the transition from the early to the high Middle Ages , designed as a tower hill castle (Motte) in Schwalheim , today a district of Bad Nauheim in the Wetterau district in Hesse .

location

The Burgstall is located west of the center of the village between the sports field and the weather , which flows here in a loop to the west.

and display information about the image
View of the remains of the moth Gewanneküppel from northeast

history

There is hardly any documentary information about the moth . Since it is close to a weather crossing on the Salt Road , which ran from the Nauheimer Saline via Echzell towards Central Germany , and passed between the former bridge mill and the Gewanneküppel, it can be assumed that the Niederungsburg was built to secure trade and road tolls at the river crossing . The trade route was soon moved to the right side of the weather and the security castle was no longer important. It fell into disrepair and was never built into a stone castle. Based on the excavations and the structure of the moth, it can be concluded that it was built in the 10th century. The exact date of construction is not known and there is only one piece of news from the end of the 13th century, in which the castrum in sualheim or borgk in Swalheim is mentioned as owned by the Lords of Eppstein as a fiefdom of the Counts of Loon.

In 1949 the complex was excavated and ceramic shards , metal parts, wood remains and bones were recovered, which were dated to around 1300. The structure of the plant could be largely determined.

In 1954 and 1973, parts of the facility were removed when the road and the sports field were built.

description

Drawing by Karl August von Cohausen showing the structure of the moth

A moth in an approximately round embankment and today around 40 meters in diameter on the Schwalheimer Wettererschleife is called a "Gewanneküppel". Archaeologically, it is interpreted as a typical form of a presumably Ottonian residential castle made of wood. The embankment, which is only shallow today, is said to have been around four meters high. Since the soil was washed away more and more after the facility fell into disrepair, the residents of the village had solidified the facility with pieces of lawn or plants, popularly known as "tub", which led to its current name.

There are no visible building remains apart from the castle hill. From the structures of such a moth known to us, it can only be concluded that there was a stone basement with a half-timbered construction as the upper floor. According to Karl August von Cohausen's notes , the motte had a double palisade fence with a moat in front and a wall in front of it.

In the 19th century, the moat is said to be still functional and filled with water from the nearby weather. It was later filled in and leveled.

Todays use

The Burgstall is now a cultural monument as part of the entire Schwalheim complex (see also the list of cultural monuments in Bad Nauheim ). On site, a display board explains the most important information as part of the city history tour.

  • The system from the direction of the pedestrian bridge over the weather

  • Display board

  • View from the other side of the river

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 325f.

Web links

Commons : Gewanneküppel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The feudal rights of the Counts of Loon, given in Knappe, p. 326 are unclear, perhaps County Loon  ? Transcribed from the Eppstein fiefdom directory actually reads as follows: "Vome grafen von Loen: Item from eym grafen von Loen die borgk in Swalheim with all sym zcugehore and ...." from Eppsteiner fiefdom directory repertories of the Hessian State Archives Darmstadt : C 1 B No. 26: Eppsteiner Lehenbuch im Fürstl. Stolberg Archive in Roßla
  2. ↑ the date on the display must be wrong, AvC died in 1894