Prichsenstadt Castle

The Prichsenstadt Castle refers to an abandoned, former aristocratic seat in Prichsenstadt in Lower Franconia . The castle was used as an official residence since the 14th century, during the Thirty Years War it was burned down and not rebuilt.

location

The former palace area can be found in the northeast of today's old town . It is framed by the streets Freihofstrasse in the west, Schlossgasse in the south and Schulinstrasse in the east. In the north, the Kirchschönbacher Straße and the Altbach pass the area. The old road bridge forms the end of the former castle grounds in the northeast. The area is about 184 meters away from the Evangelical Parish Church .

history

Prichsenstadt Castle (until 1414)

The story of a fortification in Prichsenstadt began in 1258. At that time, the village passed to the Counts of Castell . Immediately afterwards they passed it on to a knight family as a fief. Heinrich de Briesendorf was named as the first of his line. His family held the office of chamberlain for the Counts of Castel. When the county was divided in 1265, the fortifications came to the line from the Lower Castle.

In the 14th century the knights Fuchs von Dornheim received the castle. Soon afterwards, Emperor Karl IV bought the village and the Briesendorf castle, which at that time still came from the 13th century. On January 6, 1367, the emperor made the village a city. From then on, Prichsenstadt was under the Crown of Bohemia. The castle was also included in the new city fortifications. Today's Schlossgasse became part of the moat.

When the town was raised, the castle was rededicated . Previously it had been the residence of the nobility, now the administrative center of the young city has been established here. An imperial bailiff was now sitting in the castle. In 1403 Burgrave Johann III came. from Nuremberg into the possession of Prichsenstadt, but pawned it for a short time to several other gentlemen. In 1414 the name "Brichsenstat slos und Stat" came up for the first time.

Prichsenstadt Castle (until 1632)

In 1462 the city was drawn into the dispute between the Prince Diocese of Würzburg and the Margraves of Ansbach. On July 23, 1462, the troops of Bishop Johann III. from Grumbach the city. The occupiers razed the fortifications of the city, including the fortifications of the castle. After the city returned to the margravate, the palace buildings were rebuilt.

At the time of the Peasants' War , the city initially stood behind its lord, the margrave. Only when the peasants advanced on Prichsenstadt did the citizens join the uprising. The bailiff Bernhard von Heßberg fled the city and the farmers looted the castle. However, the total destruction of the fortifications could be averted. In the following years the city lost its official residence at the castle.

At the beginning of the 17th century, the name “castle” became more and more popular. The Thirty Years' War then brought the end of the Prichsenstadt Palace. From 1631 the Protestant Swedes occupied the city of Würzburg. On August 3, 1632, the catholic imperial counterattack came: the city was captured and the soldiers set the castle on fire. In 1732 only a few remains of the wall from the former castle are preserved. The underground remains of the castle are classified as a ground monument.

literature

• District Administrator and District Council of the District of Kitzingen (Hrsg.): District of Kitzingen . Münsterschwarzach 1984.
• City administration Prichsenstadt (Ed.): Prichsenstadt. Festschrift on the occasion of the city's 600th anniversary 1367-1967. Gerolzhofen 1967.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City administration Prichsenstadt (ed.): Prichsenstadt . P. 19.
2. ↑ City administration Prichsenstadt (ed.): Prichsenstadt . P. 25.
3. ^ District administrator and district council of the district of Kitzingen (ed.): District of Kitzingen . P. 203.

Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 5.2 ″  N , 10 ° 21 ′ 18.4 ″  E