Reinsburg
| Reinsburg | ||
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| Castle type : | Höhenburg, ridge position | |
| Conservation status: | Foundation walls, wall and moat remains | |
| Place: | Reinsfeld | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 46 '8.5 " N , 10 ° 56' 20.6" E | |
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The Reinsburg consists of the remains of a ridge castle in the Thuringian Reinsberg . It is located between Kleinbreitenbach , Reinsfeld and Schmerfeld .
The foundation walls of the Reinsburg are laid out in an irregular, almost oval shape and about 60 meters long. This made it the largest of all castles on the slopes of the Gera . The ruins of the buildings are in the southeastern area of the former castle grounds, which is around 600 meters above sea level. The assumption that an underground passage connected the Reinsburg with the Plaueschen Ehrenburg found some clues, but could not be confirmed.
The time of the construction of the Reinsburg is unknown. The age of the heaped earth walls suggests a hill fort that already stood in front of the medieval fortifications on this site. For a time it belonged to the County of Kevernburg and secured the trade and military routes in the Gera and Wipfra valleys . From the second half of the 13th century there was a change of ownership, especially the literature of the 19th century speaks of so-called robber knights or a robbery castle. It was most likely stormed for the last time in 1289 or 1290 in the course of a campaign by the Roman-German King Rudolf von Habsburg , who aimed to achieve peace and led to the destruction of a total of 66 castles in Thuringia.
Folk tales
According to a folk legend, a giant lived "in the distant past" on the Reinsburg and another giant on the Singer Berg . Both giants lived in an ongoing feud . Smaller creatures moved the giants from one place to the next, and according to the legend, one day they fought just to pass the time: The giant on the Reinsburg threw a powerful hammer in the direction of Singer Berg, but missed his target and finally hit the place where the later Place Hammersfeld was created. Angry, the giant threw a large lump of Schmer (either lard or mud ) on the Singer Berg in the direction of Reinsburg, but also missed its target and hit the place where Schmerfeld was later founded.
Another folk tale tells of unconsumed supplies of delicious wine in the buried cellars of the Reinsburg, which one day will come to the surface and flood “all of Thuringia”.
literature
- Lothar Köstner: The six castles above the sawmill near Herrmannsacker . o. O. 2001.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Special natural beauties , ilm-kreis.de , accessed on November 10, 2010
- ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jena 2003.
- ↑ a b Natural Monuments . stadt-plaue.de , accessed on November 10, 2010, refers to: Käthe Bohnhardt: Sagen von den Reinsbergen
- ↑ Thuringia and the Harz Mountains, with their peculiarities, folk tales and legends . Seventh volume, printed and published by Friedrich August Eupel, Sondershausen 1842, p. 150
- ^ H. Schwerdt and Alexander Ziegler: Latest travel guide for Thuringia . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen 1864, p. 433
- ↑ a b August Witzschel: Legends from Thuringia . Braumüller, Vienna 1866, p. 73 and p. 71