Harim
| Harenc | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Harim, Harrenc | |
| Creation time : | before 1097 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 12 '27.5 " N , 36 ° 31' 9.1" E | |
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Harim ( Arabic حارم, DMG Ḥārim ) is a small town in the north-west of Syria , which is known for its fortress called Harenc at the time of the Crusaders .
Harim is located in the Idlib governorate in the north of the Jebel il-Ala, the central part of the northern Syrian limestone massif on the edge of the fertile plain of the Nahr al-Asi (Orontes). The place was built around the citadel hill. In 1932 there were about 2,000 residents, all of whom were Sunnis , and a mosque. The population was calculated to be 24,403 for 2010.
Castle
In the Middle Ages, the castle secured the road from Aleppo to Antioch and the Mediterranean . The Byzantine Emperor Nikephorus II. Phocas recaptured the region from the Arabs in 959 and had the fortress built as a bridgehead for the conquest of Aleppo.
The Crusaders of the First Crusade captured the fortress along with the neighboring Artah fortress in November 1097 before beginning the siege of Antioch . The fortress remained heavily contested between Christians and Muslims. Nur ad-Din conquered it for the first time in 1149. An allied army of the Crusader States under King Baldwin III. of Jerusalem recaptured it in February 1157. On August 12, 1164, the Christians were defeated near the fortress in the Battle of Artah in an attempt to relieve the Harenc fortress, which was besieged by the Muslims. In the same year the fortress fell to Nur ad-Din again, before it was damaged in an earthquake towards the end of the century and then expanded by the Ayyubids around 1199 .
In 1260 the fortress was largely destroyed by invading Mongols and then lost its importance.
literature
- Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Jean-Paul Labourdette: Le Petit Futé. Syrie . Petit Futé, 2006, ISBN 2746922843 , p. 245.
- Ivan Mannheim: Syria & Lebanon Handbook . Footprint Travel Guides, Bath 2001, ISBN 1-900949-90-3 , p. 359.
Web links
- Maxime Goepp, Benjamin Saintamon: Harrenc (Syrie): Principauté d'Antioche (French)
- Herren von Harenc at fmg.ac (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
