Heidenburg (Palatinate Forest)
| Heidenburg | ||
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 Heidenburg with the knight stone 257 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Heidenschlösschen, Heidenschlösschen | |
| Creation time : | 9/10 century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Construction: | Drywall | |
| Place: | Gimmeldingen | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 22 '26.4 " N , 8 ° 8' 36.6" E | |
| Height: | 316 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Heidenburg , more rarely also called Heidenschlösschen or Heidenschloss , is the ruin of a ring wall on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).
Geographical location
The Heidenburg is located southwest of Gimmeldingen , a district of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , on the right above the valley of the Mußbach at 316 m above sea level. NHN Höhe on the eastern spur of the Nebelberg , which is also called Nöpelberg in literature and is the eastern runner of the 554 m high wine region . The complex is marked by the Ritterstein 257.
investment
The system consisted of an oval ring wall, which has a circumference of 310 m and extends 140 m in west-east and 50 m in north-south direction. Its area, which rises to the west, is about 5700 m². A roughly square residential tower was built inside . Only a few remnants and traces of terrain are visible of this and the ring wall itself, remnants of other dwellings can only be guessed at. At the western gate of the facility, 323 m high towards the Weinbiet summit, half a meter high dry stone remains of a "gate lane" and foundation stones of the gate can still be seen. Since the Gimmeldinger quarry was later operated in the immediate vicinity, parts of the ring wall were also "dismantled" in the past.
history
The cultural monument probably dates from the 9th / 10th centuries. Century, so from Carolingian times, and was supposedly built in 843 under Ludwig the German . The facility served as a refuge , because from the hilltop there was a wide view of the Rhine plain, which is up to 200 m lower .
It is not known whether the Heidenburg ended due to destruction or decay. It was soon forgotten. It got its name because its origin was wrongly traced back to the Celts , who were considered pagan and who lived in the 1st millennium BC. The area inhabited.
Monument protection
The area of the ramparts is a ground monument according to the Rhineland-Palatinate Monument Protection Act . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, and accidental finds are reported to the monument authorities.
literature
- Jürgen Keddigkeit : Heidenschlösschen . In: Jürgen Keddigkeit, Alexander Thon, Rolf Übel (eds.): Palatinate Castle Lexicon (= contributions to Palatinate history ). tape 12 .2, F − H, 2002, ISBN 3-927754-48-X , ISSN 0936-7640 , p. 324-326 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Günter Stein : Castles and Palaces in the Palatinate , ISBN 3-426-04405-6 .
- ^ Arndt Hartung: Palatinate Castle District , ISBN 3-9801043-0-3 .
- ↑ Walter Eitel man: Ritterstein in the Palatinate Forest . ISBN 3-00-003544-3 .
- ↑ State Office for Surveying and Basic Geographic Information Rhineland-Palatinate: Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Maikammer, Edenkoben, Landau in der Pfalz , ISBN 3-89637-285-8 .
- ↑ Informational directory of cultural monuments. (PDF) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse - Gimmeldingen. General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate , March 31, 2014, p. 23 , accessed on January 2, 2015 .
- ^ Gregor Münch: History of Gimmeldingen