Hurwang ruins

Hurwang ruins
South-east corner of the Huwang ruins. Remnants of the wall with a square floor plan can be seen in the center of the picture.
Alternative name (s):	Furtheim Castle
Creation time :	1209
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	ruin
Construction:	Cuboid and small cuboid masonry
Place:	Bolheim , Mergelstetten
Geographical location	48 ° 38 '46.4 "  N , 10 ° 9' 20.8"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '46.4 "  N , 10 ° 9' 20.8"  E
Height:	500  m above sea level NN

Hurwang is the later name of a ruin on the southern border of Mergelstetten , a district of the district town of Heidenheim an der Brenz in Baden-Württemberg .

Geographical location

The ruins of the Spur castle is 500  m above sea level. NN on a low mountain tongue sloping from the northwest , which is bounded immediately to the east by the Brenz and south by the Furtheimer Tal, which runs from the west to the Brenz. It is located directly above Bolheimer Straße, the former connecting road from Mergelstetten to Bolheim .

history

Hurwang Castle - no name has been passed down for it from the Middle Ages - could have been built around 1100 AD directly near the place ( desert ) of Furtheim, which was probably lost in the late Middle Ages . Builders were probably feudal lords of the Counts of Dillingen . In documents from the Steinheim monastery , Furtheim itself is fairly certain to become tangible in 1209 through the naming of Ulricus von Furtheim as forester. It is unknown when exactly the castle was abandoned or destroyed, possibly in connection with the destruction of Herwartstein Castle in Königsbronn in 1287 by Rudolf von Habsburg . In any case, in 1358 the castle was only referred to as the Burgstall .

In the final days of World War II, some larger limestone stones were pushed onto the road below to create an anti-tank barrier against the advancing Allies.

In connection with the castle ruins, there is a legend of a treasure which, among other things, is said to contain a golden crown and which can only be lifted at witching hour. History repeatedly attracted treasure diggers, but they all remained unsuccessful.

description

In the 12th century, the complex was possibly larger than the Urburg Hellenstein . The remains of the castle were exposed or excavated in 1901 and again in 1926. The division into fore and main castle is visible, towards the rising mountain wall and ditch separate the former, stately castle complex from the mountain. There are only a few remains of the wall.

Trivia

Poem by the local poet Hermann Mohn (1896–1958):

The ancient fairy whispers about Furtheim.
You don't know when and where from.
From a strong castle that once defiantly and proudly
stuck out from the dark wood

The farmers have fallen silent, the fairy tale just creeps in.
Not a document has passed a message to
what extent the castle was once built
That proudly and boldly once looked into the valley

literature

• Günter Schmitt : Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Volume 6: Ostalb - hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1995, ISBN 3-924489-74-2 , pp. 299-304.
• Peter Michael Sträßner, The Forgotten Castle Hurwang , in: 2001/2002 yearbook of the Heimat- und Altertumsverein Heidenheim an der Brenz . Heimat- und Altertumsverein Heidenheim an der Brenz, Heidenheim 2002. pp. 141–164.

Web links

• trail

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Michael Sträßner, The forgotten castle Hurwang , in: 2001/2002 yearbook of the Heimat- und Altertumsverein Heidenheim an der Brenz . Heimat- und Altertumsverein Heidenheim an der Brenz, Heidenheim 2002. p. 155
2. ↑ Peter Michael Sträßner, The Forgotten Castle Hurwang , p. 157.
3. ↑ Peter Michael Sträßner, The Forgotten Castle Hurwang , p. 156.
4. ↑ Peter Michael Sträßner, The forgotten castle Hurwang , p. 161.
5. ↑ The district of Heidenheim (Ed. Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg and district Heidenheim). Volume II. Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, p. 210 [Heidenheim: History of the city districts].