Luegstein Cave Castle

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Luegstein Cave Castle
Remains of masonry can be seen in the entrance area of ​​the cave (center) (August 2014)

Remains of masonry can be seen in the entrance area of ​​the cave (center) (August 2014)

Alternative name (s): Grafenloch
Creation time : 11th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, cave castle
Conservation status: Wall remains
Standing position : Ministeriale
Place: Kiefersfelden - Mühlbach
Geographical location 47 ° 38 '27.6 "  N , 12 ° 9' 52.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 38 '27.6 "  N , 12 ° 9' 52.4"  E
Height: 640  m above sea level NHN
Luegstein Castle (Bavaria)
Luegstein Cave Castle

The cave castle Luegstein , also called Grafenloch , is a high medieval hill castle of the type of a cave castle at 640  m above sea level. NHN in the Luegsteinwand above the Luegsteinsee near Oberaudorf bei Mühlbach , a district of the municipality of Kiefersfelden in the Rosenheim district in Bavaria .

history

The cave castle was probably built in the 11th century by knights who were probably vassals or ministerials of the Counts of Falkenstein and was probably a predecessor of the Auerburg . Ceramic finds indicate settlement from the 11th to the 13th century, which suggests that the castle moved out of the castle around 1250. In 2008 excavations refuted the earlier assumption of a refuge from the time of the Thirty Years War .

The difficult-to-access, 19.5-meter-deep cave castle with its entrance at a height of four meters can only be reached via a ladder. The entrance still shows the remains of the archway. The inside of the cave was separated from the outside area by a one-meter-thick mantle wall based on a massive retaining wall . Traces inside the cave indicate a two-story use, wooden lining and a heated plank room.

The path over the cave castle is part of the Audorf cave path .

According to a legend , a gypsy woman is said to have prophesied that the Auer Count, who had come to great power after the murder of his parents, was about to die by a lightning strike. After a lightning bolt struck the castle tower shortly afterwards, the count is said to have escaped to safety in a cave, but is said to have died in a sudden thunderstorm when he did not reach the steep ladder to the cave castle in time.

The Luegstein Castle was presumably a precursor to the Auerburg .

literature

  • Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the district of Upper Bavaria, Munich 1995, p. 265.
  • Eva Gruber: The cave in the rock ridge .

Web links

Commons : Höhlenburg Luegstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Audorfer Höhlenweg at alpen-guide.de