Klettenburg

Klettenburg / Augustusburg
Alternative name (s):	Clettenberg (1339), Old Castle, Augustusburg (1676)
Creation time :	around 1200
Castle type :	Niederungsburg, presumably moated castle
Conservation status:	no leftovers
Standing position :	gentry
Place:	Frankfurt am Main - Praunheim
Geographical location	50 ° 9 '11.6 "  N , 8 ° 37' 29.4"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 9 '11.6 "  N , 8 ° 37' 29.4"  E
Height:	105  m above sea level NN

The location of the castle on a sketch map depicting Praunheim around 1775.

The Klettenburg , also called Clettenburg and later Augustusburg , was a castle complex in what is now Praunheim , a district of Frankfurt am Main . It was owned by the Lords of Praunheim and was located in the direction of Niederursel in the then swampy Steinbachtal immediately northeast of the Praunheim location . The complex, which was probably in disrepair as early as the 17th century, was removed so that there are no more remains. After the Praunheim noble family died out (several lines, extinguished in 1618 or 1714) and parts of the castle were demolished, it was converted into a farm for the Counts of Solms-Rödelheim .

The Klettenburg is not to be confused with the old royal court in Praunheim, the so-called Old Castle , which included the area between Graebestraße and Alt-Praunheim as well as today's church and was later also a feudal court of the Lords of Praunheim (younger line) .

location

Building structures are no longer visible. Only old hallway or street names such as Augustenburgstraße , Im Burgfeld and Am Alten Schloß are reminiscent of the castle. It was located on the eastern slope of the Steinbach valley between today's streets Am Alten Schloß and Am Stockborn . The old field name was Clettenberg and gave the castle its name.

history

In 1189, Wolfram, the family of the Knights of Praunheim, was first mentioned, who was the mayor ( scultetus ) of Frankfurt. In 1194 the Praunheim are mentioned as Reichsministeriale , who managed royal real estate and who built the Klettenburg. Heilmann von Praunheim can be traced back to an homage to the city of Frankfurt in 1380.

In Regesten ( rotulus from four documents) of the Reichsburg Friedberg , dated from January to April 1441, Henne von Prumheim, named von Clettenberg (Henne von Praunheim called Klettenburg) as the accused and Cune von Prumheim (Kuno von Praunheim) as one of the arbitrators in dispute with Philipp v. Rudinckeim the Elder ( Rüdigheim ) called for the legacy of the hen from Rüdigheim , which at least indicates that the castle already existed at that time and was owned by the Praunheimers. For the sake of service and loyalty , King Wenzel mercilessly appropriated the previous fiefdom to him and his brother in 1387 . Henne von Praunheim (called Klettenburg) is credited with building the Klettenburg.

To understand further history, it should be noted that in 1478 the Counts of Solms acquired part of Praunheim, so that Praunheim was split half to Solms-Rödelheim and half to the County of Hanau-Münzenberg , from 1642 to the County of Hanau , from 1736 to the Landgraviate of Hesse- Kassel belonged.

In 1618 the Praunheim knight family died out with Philip Wolf , who from 1584 had the Philippseck Castle built a few hundred meters east, which had already been destroyed in the Thirty Years' War . Almost half a century later, in 1676 (according to other information, 1658), Count Johann August von Solms-Rödelheim acquired the Klettenburg from Johann Erasmus Seif (f) art von Klettenberg and henceforth called it Augustenburg .

Probably the reason for the sale lay in the financial worries of von Praunheim , because between 1650 and 1672 there were several requests by the Middle Rhine Imperial Knighthood and Friedberg Castle for seizure measures against several of their co-op members who were wealthy and indebted in Praunheim, especially the Junkers von Praunheim .

The new Hofgut was built on the grounds of the Klettenburg, whereupon the count claimed sole jurisdiction in 1766. Around 1760 the remains of the castle were so dilapidated that they were demolished. In 1791 the last remains of the old castle were demolished due to its disrepair.

In 1806 half of Praunheim fell to the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Seven years later, a Philipp Nikolaus Schmidt from Frankfurt applied for permission to excavate the foundations of the former Klettenburg. The Klettenburg above Praunheim was noted on the level map of the Electorate of Hesse 1840–1861 , sheet 105. In 1921 the area Das Oberfeld at the Old Castle was developed and the area built over.

Building history

The first castle complex was called a moated castle with a moat and drawbridge . Here was probably just a big palace or castle keep available, only later came to farm buildings. These were later used for expansion as a farm, while the main building fell into disrepair. As late as 1746, two (unrecognizable) coats of arms with the year 1670 are said to have been placed above the gate of the main building. Whether the old castle was built on the remains of a Roman villa rustica can no longer be precisely proven, even if Roman stones and bricks were found in the remains of the wall of the Klettenburg.

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  The Steinbach in Praunheim was the tributary of the moat of the old castle.

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  Coat of arms of the builders of the castle: the Reichsministerialien von Praunheim
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  Johann Baptist Homann's drawing of the keyserlichen Freyen Reichs Wahl and Handelsstatt Franckfurt am Mayn with their area

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klettenburg, City of Frankfurt am Main. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of September 3, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on March 7, 2018 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Alfred Hansmann: 1200 years of Praunheim. 804-2004. A journey into Praunheim's past , Pollinger Schnelldruck, publisher: Vereinsring Praunheim e. V. and A. Hansmann, Frankfurt am Main 2004, p. 46
3. ^ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt : HStAD inventory B5 No. 92 (documents from Reichsburg Friedberg)
4. ^ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt: HStAD Best. F 24 C No. 474/1 ( Solms-Rödelheim local files : Praunheim)
5. ^ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt: HStAD Best. F 24 C No. 481/8 (local files Solms-Rödelheim: Ort Praunheim)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Annals p. 63
7. ↑ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt: HStAD Best. F 24 C No. 477/5 (Local files Solms-Rödelheim: Place Praunheim)
8. ↑ Electorate of Hesse 1840–1861–105. Bockenheim / 105a. Taunus. Historical maps. (As of April 15, 2011). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

literature

• Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 402.
• Reimer, Heinrich: Historical local dictionary for Kurhessen , publications of the historical commission for Hessen; Row 14 , 1926, p. 282
• Nassauer, Siegfried: Castles and fortified manors around Frankfurt a. M. History and legend , Frankfurt a. M. 1917
• Annals of the Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research , Volume 1, Wiesbaden 1830, p. 63
• Marianne Schalles-Fischer: Palatinate and Treasury Frankfurt , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Frankfurt a. M. 1969, p. 413 ff.

Web links

• Klettenburg, City of Frankfurt am Main. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of September 3, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on October 6, 2017 .