Käfernburg (castle)
| Käfernburg | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Kevernburg | |
| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | small remains of walls, moats | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Angelhausen-Oberndorf | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 49 '7.9 " N , 10 ° 58' 46.1" E | |
| Height: | 383.2 m above sea level NN | |
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The Käfernburg , which was previously called Kevernburg , was a hilltop castle at 383.2 m above sea level. NN on the Schlossberg above the Angelhausen-Oberndorf part of the city of Arnstadt in the Ilm district in Thuringia .
history
The Kevernburg was probably built around the turn of the millennium and in its early days served to protect the old trade and military route that led through the Ohragrund over the Oberhofer Pass. The first written mention of the castle is on November 8th 1141 with Sizzo III. von Kevernburg as a witness. The castle changed hands several times through pledges, mortgages and inheritance divisions. In its heyday, the castle was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Kevernburg and the seat of government of the County of Kevernburg. The family died out in 1365. The Kefernburg taverns , a spin-off of the Vargula taverns, served as ministerials at the castle.
The rule was sold on May 29th, 1387 to Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia . On July 15, 1394, he pledged the palace and rule of Kevernburg to his younger brother Wilhelm. After the Landgraves of Thuringia died out in 1446, the areas came to close relatives of the Kevernburg family, the Counts of Schwarzburg .
After the Reformation it was only used to house various authorities. The castle began to fall apart during the Thirty Years' War . Stones, bricks and wooden structures from the old fortresses were used by the residents of the surrounding towns to build houses and streets. Some of the building materials were also used in Neideck Castle in Arnstadt .
Today only a rampart from the former castle still exists. A pictorial representation of the castle from ancient times is no longer available.
Owners and gentlemen at the castle
In chronological order:
- Hersfeld Monastery with the Kevernburg bailiffs
- Counts of Kevernburg
- Heinrich von Hohnstein and Otto von Orlamünde
- Landgrave of Thuringia
- Counts of Schwarzburg
- Counts of equals
- Elector Johann Friedrich I.
literature
- Ludwig Friedrich Hesse : History of the Kevernburg Castle. In: New Journal for the History of the Germanic Peoples , Volume 1, Issue 1 1832, pp. 27ff
- Ludwig Friedrich Hesse: History of the Kevernburg near Arnstadt in the Fürstenthume Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. In: Thuringia and the Harz , Volume 5, 1841
- Hans Krumbholz: Castles, palaces, parks and gardens , Berlin / Leipzig 1984
- Hansjürgen Müllerott: The Käfernburg above Oberndorf in front of the Thuringian Forest . In: Thuringian State Museum Heidecksburg (Hrsg.): Thuringia in the Middle Ages. The Schwarzburger. Contributions to Schwarzburg art and cultural history . tape 3 . Rudolstadt 1995, ISBN 3-910013-16-3 , pp. 269-272 .
- Thomas Bienert: “Käfernburg Castle” - Medieval castles in Thuringia . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 120 .
- Michael Köhler: "Käfernburg" - Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 150 .
- Werner Mägdefrau , Rainer Lämmerhirt, Dana Lämmerhirt: Thuringian castles and fortifications in the Middle Ages . Ed .: Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Mihla. Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2001, ISBN 3-934748-43-0 , p. 64 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Chronicle of the city of Arnstadt ( Memento from June 13, 2003 in the Internet Archive )