New Ringelstein
| New Ringelstein | ||
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 View from the west of the elongated mountain spur above the Saargrund with the castle ruins "Neuer Ringelstein", in the background the Kissel mountain rises up. |
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| Castle type : | Höhenburg, hillside location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, trenches, reservoir | |
| Standing position : | Noble | |
| Place: | Forest fish | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 52 '25.1 " N , 10 ° 17' 51.9" E | |
| Height: | 390 m above sea level NN | |
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The Neue Ringelstein is a defunct late medieval fortification ( hillside castle ) at 390 m above sea level. NN on the eastern edge of the Rehberg above the Saargrund in the Thuringian Forest near Waldfisch and Ruhla .
history
Already in the 12th century there were two fortresses in the forest near Nürnberger Straße and Sallmannshäuser Rennsteig - the Alte Ringelstein below the Kissel hunting lodge and the Neue Ringelstein in the Waldfisch district. Far from the neighboring villages, these castles were primarily used as road posts and customs posts. The border between the later duchies of Saxony-Eisenach and Saxony-Meiningen ran south of Etterwind for several centuries . According to older traditions, the castle was built as a complex for the Counts of Frankenstein. In the 14th century, the castle complex was one of the predatory nests that was captured and destroyed by a military contingent of the king with the support of the city of Erfurt .
The old Ringelstein found its way into the legendary world of Thuringia as a robbery castle (legend of the Brautborn). The two castle sites are now designated as a ground monument .
description
The castle is located above the Saargrund and, according to local tradition, had an outbuilding in the valley as a farmyard. The main castle was protected on three sides by steep slopes and a moat . The main access was via a drawbridge under the protection of the keep . The lying in front of the drawbridge Vorburg owned a mill that was even after the destruction of the castle continues to operate. To drive the mill, an approximately 100 × 60 or 30 meter trapezoidal basin was built on the plateau of the flat mountain spur. This pond protected the castle on the field side facing the mountainside. Directly at the outer bailey, the trade route ascending on the south side of the castle hill (ravine tufts still recognizable) was led past the shield wall of the castle and led over an approximately 20 meter long wooden bridge to the neighboring mountain slope. The bridge crossing was both a checkpoint and a customs post. In the event of a siege, the bridge could be destroyed by the castle crew and the approximately 15 meters deep Kerbtal prevented unhindered penetration into the castle grounds from the north. On the southwest side, several bumps can be seen as the location of the residential buildings. Remnants of the curtain wall and the foundation of the gate tower were uncovered by “treasure graves” as early as the GDR era. In the center of the complex was another tower as a keep.
literature
- Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. 2nd expanded and revised edition. Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2003, ISBN 3-910141-56-0 , p. 212.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
- ↑ Manfred Tittel: Destroyed predatory nests . In: The people . Erfurt March 31, 1983.
- ↑ Ludwig Bechstein: The ring stones . In: Karl Martin Schiller (Ed.): Deutsches Sagenbuch . With woodcuts based on drawings by A. Ehrhardt. FW Hendel, Meersburg / Leipzig 1930, p. 489 ( zeno.org ).
- ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , Neuer Ringelstein, p. 188 .