Hüttelngesäß Castle

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Hüttelngesäß Castle
Ruin Hüttelngesäß 2013

Ruin Hüttelngesäß 2013

Alternative name (s): Buttocks
Creation time : around 1130
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Free court
Geographical location 50 ° 5 '32 .9 "  N , 9 ° 8' 46.9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 5  '32.9 " N , 9 ° 8' 46.9"  E
Hüttelngesäß Castle (Hesse)
Hüttelngesäß Castle

The Hüttelngesäß castle once stood in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hesse Spessart , between Niedersteinbach and Geiselbach . It was located at the lower end of the Teufelsgrund in the middle Kahlgrund .

history

The ruins of the moated castle , first mentioned in writing in 1131 , now belong to the 250-year-old Hüttelngesäß forest farm . In 1403, Archbishop Johann II of Nassau granted the right to open the Hüttelngesäß Castle . From there, together with Mömbris Castle , which is often incorrectly referred to as Womburg , and Hauenstein Castle , the area of ​​the upper Kahl and Lohr , which was under Rieneck's influence, was secured. Two years later, on February 22nd, 1405, the castle burned down in the Wetterau robber war .

In 1510 the County of Hanau bought the castle ruins as "a ruined wall" with the meadows and forests that belonged to them. It was not rebuilt. Parts of the outbuilding and the surrounding wall as well as remains of the residential tower have been preserved.

Since 1754 the ruin and the adjacent forest yard have been owned by the von Savigny family.

More ruins in the region

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg publishing house. Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 384.
  • Hans-Otto Schmitt: The Hüttelngesäß castle ruins in Freigericht-Neuses. In: Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, 27. Hanau and the Main-Kinzig district . Theiss, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8062-1119-1 , p. 125 f.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Hüttelngesäß  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Our Kahlgrund 2004 . Homeland yearbook for the Alzenau district. Published by the working group for homeland research and homeland maintenance of the Alzenau district, district administrator. ISSN  0933-1328 .