Eiringsburg

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Eiringsburg
Zangentoranlage (east) on the edge of the forest, southern wall

Zangentoranlage (east) on the edge of the forest, southern wall

Alternative name (s): Iringsburg
Creation time : First mentioned 822
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Bad Kissingen - Arnshausen
Geographical location 50 ° 10 ′ 21 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 9 ″  E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 21 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 9 ″  E
Height: 250  m above sea level NN
Eiringsburg (Bavaria)
Eiringsburg

The Eiringsburg or Iringsburg is a defunct ring wall system on the southern foothills of the Rhön , in the valley of the Franconian Saale .

Geographical location

The Eiringsburg rose 1,350 meters west-northwest of the Catholic parish church Sankt Petrus und Paulus in Arnshausen , a district of Bad Kissingen in the Bad Kissingen district of the same name . The Eiringsburg lies on a nameless, smaller mountain at 251  m above sea level. NN height. The mountain is surrounded on three sides by the Bad Kissingen golf course .

Sketch of the location of the Eiringsburg

history

The approximately 120 × 65 meter large system, with a pincer gate system , was first mentioned in 822. A Franconian nobleman by the name of Iring gave all his possessions in Kissingen and Lollbach, probably today's Arnshausen, along with 12 unfree people, to the Fulda monastery on December 25th of this year . It is estimated that the castle was built in the 7th century AD. Presumably the Eiringsburg was only a refugee castle and not a seat of power. Excavations took place in 1910 and 1974.

Views of the Eiringsburg

  • Western wall remains

  • Wall remains to the northern slope

literature

  • Georg Hock: The Eiringsburg near Bad Kissingen . In: Bayr. History sheet 13, 1936, pp. 73 ff.
  • Björn-Uwe Abels : The Eiringsburg near Arnshausen . In: Björn-Uwe Abels: Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments. Volume 28: Bad Kissingen, Franconian Saale, Grabfeld, southern Rhön . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1975, p. 116 f.
  • Stefan Gerlach: Archaeological monuments as evidence of early settlement and the medieval development in the Saale Valley near Bad Kissingen . In: City of Bad Kissingen, ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological monuments. Munich 1998, pp. XIII-XXI.
  • Thomas Ahnert, Peter Weidisch (eds.): 1200 years Bad Kissingen, 801–2001, facets of a city's history. Festschrift for the anniversary year and accompanying volume for the exhibition of the same name . Special publication of the Bad Kissingen City Archives, Bad Kissingen 2001, p. 56.
  • Klaus Leidorf , Peter Ettel , Walter Irlinger, Joachim Zeune : Castles in Bavaria - 7,000 years of history in an aerial photo . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-8062-1364-X , pp. 106-107.

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