Ruin castle stone
| Castle ruin Stein | ||
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 Situation map (around 1880) |
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| Alternative name (s): | castrum "to the stone" | |
| Creation time : | before 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Ramparts, ditches, small remains of walls | |
| Place: | Ranis / Poessneck | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 40 '53.8 " N , 11 ° 34' 59.7" E | |
| Height: | 340 m above sea level NN | |
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The Stein castle ruins are the medieval stables of a hilltop castle of unknown class assignment near Pößneck in the urban area of Ranis in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .
location
The ruins of Burg Stein are located on the corridor boundary of Ranis and Pößneck, and their location dominated the traffic on Raniser Straße (today Kreisstraße K 516), about 250 m south of the Pößneck city limits on the northeast-oriented spur of the mountain Kochberg at a height from about 340 m above sea level NN .
history
Herren vom Stein was first mentioned in Orlagau in 1169. In 1274 Count Heinrich von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg inherited the "Stein Castle" from his father Günther VII. The castle was handed over in 1323 by King Ludwig the Bavarian to the Counts of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg. The history of the "castrum zu dem Steine" remains unclear after it has been named, presumably the fortification was so badly destroyed in the Thuringian Count's War around 1345 that it was not rebuilt. A message from 1361 mentions the (temporary?) End of the castle, which was reported as broken (meaning destroyed). In 1693, Christoph Adam von Breitenbauch had the ruins torn down and the Brandenstein Castle rebuilt with its stones .
Todays use
The medieval castle site is a testimony to regional history and was therefore placed under monument protection as early as the 1930s in order to preserve the context of the archaeological monument . The place is under forest and is used for forestry under certain conditions.
description
The castle complex was examined in the 1960s by employees of the Thuringian Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Weimar . During the archaeological excavation, the foundations of a round tower with a diameter of 10 m were found, the wall thickness is 3.4 m. A second tower is known from local tradition but not yet documented. The castle was secured on a narrow rocky mountain spur and natural steep slopes secured by ditches and earth walls. A special feature is the inclusion of natural cavities in the castle area, they could be used as storage rooms. Remnants of broken fragments could be recovered from two periods of use, the older of which corresponds to written records. It is possible that the protected area later gained importance as a hideout for muggers.
literature
- Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000 p. 219
- Hans Arnold König: On the Kochsberg near Pößneck . In: Thuringian monthly sheets . tape 47 . Eisenach 1939, p. 38-39 . (with sketch of the castle complex)