Königsburg (Nordheim)

Royal castle
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height	533  m above sea level NHN
location	South-east of the county road between Nordheim and Neustädtles ; District of Rhön-Grabfeld ; Bavaria
Mountains	Rhön ( Eastern Rhön foreland )
Dominance	6.2 km →  Hohes Kreuz
Notch height	60 m ↓  saddle between Hasenkopf and Heufurter Kopf
Coordinates	50 ° 29 '9 "  N , 10 ° 12' 27"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '9 "  N , 10 ° 12' 27"  E
Development	Forest roads
particularities	Refuge available.

The royal castle near Nordheim vor der Rhön is understood to mean both the 533 meter high mountain and the fortified house or the waiting tower there .

mountain

The mountain is 533 meters high. The pending rock is red sandstone . The summit is a flat knoll with a dominance of 6.2 kilometers and a prominence of about 60 meters to the Hohen Kreuz bei Fladungen .

Buildings

Royal castle
Creation time :	10th century
Castle type :	Fortified house
Conservation status:	Trenches preserved
Place:	Nordheim before the Rhön
Height:	533  m above sea level NN

Fortified house

Nothing is certain about the origins. It is believed that Otto the Great had a hunting lodge there. The system was circular and had a diameter of 70 meters. However, nothing is documented. From 1554 to 1558 the complex served as a quarry for the Nordheim village wall, so that only ditches are visible.

Watch tower

A watch tower is said to have been there until the beginning of the 18th century.

Lookout tower and refuge

There was an observation tower on the mountain, which was built there in 1894 by the Rhön Club . The building fabric was neglected, so that it collapsed in the late 1940s. The refuge, which was also built by the Rhön Club in 1990, now stands on its foundation walls.

legend

And one of them went out into the forest and was called Schloth. And it was getting very dark when he reached the top of a mountain, which is what people say the king's castle is called. Suddenly there was a very miraculous appearance to him. A lovely maiden appeared between the dark trunks, surrounded by bright light. Little and tiny angels cheered and even happily handled pipes, trumpets and shawms. One of them played a hearty song on the accordion.

Overwhelmed, the mortal sank to his knees when the fair maiden began: "Here, on the spot where you kneel, once stood the proud castle of my ancestors, and a very happy life reigned in its wide rooms. Since then it has been in ruins Ashes have sunk, it has become quiet on the top of the mountain. But I want life and happiness to reign again in the area of ​​my spell and for this purpose you should found an association "Königsburg" and the journeymen in it should be like cousins ​​and among each other should shout and be happy in word and song, and the women are named the bases and should behave amicably and refresh you with sweet love. And as a pub prater I have chosen you the fat Weyerich, so live in the Hirschen in Neustadtles, and should he diligently provide plenty of caustic and cool drink. But you should be the superior cousin! " It roared in the air. The apparition was gone. And he went to the valley and did as he was told. At the place where the incident happened another day a horseshoe and spearheads were found. And you can still see them.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.rhoen.info/lexikon/berge/K%F6nigsburg_10972869.html Information from the Rhönlexikon, accessed on January 17, 2014
2. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.rhoenline.de/koenigsburg.html Information from rhoenline.de, accessed on January 17, 2014
3. ↑ http://www.nordheimvdrhoen.rhoen-saale.net/internet/index.php?page=12135&&detailID=6250 Legend of an apparition at the Königsburg, accessed on the homepage of the municipality of Nordheim vor der Rhön on January 17, 2014.