Motte Witzleshofen

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Witzleshofen
Floor plan of the castle stable, 2011.

Floor plan of the castle stable, 2011.

Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Niederungsburg, tower hill castle
Conservation status: Burgstall, remains of the core hill
Place: Gefrees - Witzleshofen
Geographical location 50 ° 6 '40 "  N , 11 ° 43' 34"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '40 "  N , 11 ° 43' 34"  E
Height: 495  m above sea level NN
Motte Witzleshofen (Bavaria)
Motte Witzleshofen

The moth Witzleshofen is an Outbound medieval motte (Motte) in Witzleshofen in Gefrees in the district of Bayreuth in Upper Franconia .

Geographical location

The Burgstall is located on the Rieglersbach in the center of Witzleshofen, Witzleshofen district, at 495  m above sea level. NN .

description

The moth has been destroyed by today's building. A short piece of the core mound can be seen in the south of the complex as an earth wall. A core mound with a diameter of about 20 meters and a slightly oval ring trench with a diameter of about 50 meters can be reconstructed using floor plans and initial photographs .

history

Remains of the core mound (June 2013)

There is no documentary evidence of this castle. The village of Witzleshofen first appeared in a document in 1363. It was not until 1509 that a “dwelling and farmstead” was mentioned, as a fief in the hands of the Lords of Wallenrod zu Streitau , belonging to the “Alte Kemnat” manor. In 1601, a "Witzleshofen Castle" was mentioned in the church records of Streitau.

proof

The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation has registered this moth in the Bavarian monument list under number D-4-5836-0019 as a ground monument .

literature

  • Karl Dietel: Tower hill in the heart of the Münchberger valley . In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 41. Bayreuth 1961, pp. 222-226.
  • Markus Thoma, Claus Rabsahl, Ingo Sördert: Bad Berneck and Gefrees - A search for traces from the origins to the High Middle Ages . Historisches Forum Gefrees (Ed.), Gefrees 2013, pp. 241–242.
  • Markus Thoma: The medieval fortifications in the area around Gefrees . (Gefreeser Geschichte (n), Heft 5), Historisches Forum Gefrees, Gefrees 2011, pp. 29–30.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Oesterreicher: History of the village and manor Streitau . Bamberg 1836, pp. 8-12
  2. ^ Karl Dietel: Tower hill in the heart of the Münchberger Senke, p. 226