Altjochenstein castle ruins

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Altjochenstein castle ruins
Altjochenstein ruins

Altjochenstein ruins

Creation time : First half of the 12th century
Castle type : Höhenenburg, spur position
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Free nobles
Construction: Quarry stone masonry
Place: Untergriesbach- Jochenstein
Geographical location 48 ° 31 '1.6 "  N , 13 ° 43' 51.2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '1.6 "  N , 13 ° 43' 51.2"  E
Height: 490  m above sea level NN
Altjochenstein castle ruins (Bavaria)
Altjochenstein castle ruins

The Altjochenstein castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle at 490  m above sea level. NN near the Jochenstein above the Danube valley . It is located on the German-Austrian border in the area of Markt Untergriesbach in the district of Passau . Altjochenstein initially probably formed a coherent complex with the neighboring Neujochenstein Castle .

history

The Jochensteiners and Johannsteiners were probably servants of the Lords of Griesbach, who in turn had their headquarters in nearby Untergriesbach. The Griesbachers were wealthy in the area during the 12th and 13th centuries. The castle was probably built during the first half of the 12th century, the castle name appears for the first time in 1222, the castle nobility was first mentioned in 1264 with Alkherus de Jokenstein . In 1269 another Eswain von Jochenstein was named. At the turn of the century, the diocese of Passau was granted the right to use the castle, and later it was completely sold to the diocese. It is not certain which of the two castles was meant, but it was probably Neujochenstein Castle. Altjochenstein Castle was probably abandoned as early as the 13th century, the Jochensteiner probably died out in the 14th century.

Today the castle ruin is listed as a monument D-2-75-153-55 "Anlage des 11./12. Century with remains of the residential building and kennel; on the tongue of the mountain south of Neujochenstein over the Danube ”and recorded as a ground monument D-2-7448-0037“ Underground medieval findings and finds in the area of ​​the Altjochenstein castle ruins ”by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

description

The small complex of a spur castle is located on a south-east facing mountain spur of the Donauleiten, which drops about 250 meters in altitude to the south towards the Danube  . The spur is bounded on the east and north-east side by the Neuwiesbach gorge and was thus naturally well protected. The castle site is separated from the further uphill slope on the northwest side by a neck ditch that crosses the entire spur . After a few meters there is a second neck ditch, which probably separated the area of ​​the core castle at the spur tip from the outer castle . The entire area of ​​the main castle was taken up by a residential tower , measuring 13 by 9 meters. The ruin of this tower still rises up to eight meters, its wall thickness is between 1.8 and 3 meters, and consists of unhewn rubble stones joined together with mortar . There is also a vaulted cellar underneath.

literature

  • Michael Weithmann: Castles and palaces in Lower Bavaria - guide to castles and palaces in the Bavarian Forest, between the Danube, Isar and the lower Inn Valley . Verlag Attenkofer, Straubing 2013, ISBN 978-3-936511-77-2 , pp. 176-178.
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan lexicon . Special edition. Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1 , p. 70.
  • Günther T. Werner: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Bavarian Forest . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1979, ISBN 3-7917-0603-9 , p. 59.

Web links

Commons : Burg Altjochenstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Weithmann: Castles and Palaces in Lower Bavaria - Guide to castles and palaces in the Bavarian Forest, between the Danube, Isar and the lower Inn Valley , p. 176 ff.
  2. ↑ List of monuments for Untergriesbach (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 141 kB)
  3. ↑ Location of the castle ruins in the Bavaria Atlas
  4. ^ Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - Floor Plan Lexicon , p. 70