Stiefler lock

Stiefler lock
Creation time :	around 900 to 1000
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	ruin
Place:	St. Ingbert
Geographical location	49 ° 15 '16.5 " N , 7 ° 5' 28" E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '16.5 " N , 7 ° 5' 28" E

The Stiefler Schloss is a very small castle ruin near St. Ingbert in the Saar- Palatinate district of Saarland .

So far it has not been possible to conclusively clarify what purposes the medieval tower hill castle served. With its construction in the early Middle Ages, the Stiefeler Schloss is definitely one of the oldest castle ruins in Germany.

location

The remains of the Stiefeler Castle

The remains of the former hilltop castle are located in the extreme southeastern part of the high plateau on the Großer Stiefel, a prominent mountain between Rentrisch and Sengscheid.

The boot rock is almost opposite on the northeastern edge of the Big Boot. In July 2006 a signposted path to the “Stiefeler Schloss” cultural monument was laid out.

history

According to historical findings and archaeological excavations in 1897, 1898 and 1900, the castle very likely already had a fortress built around 450 AD. One can only assume that the castle served as border security from the 10th century and fell into disrepair in the late Middle Ages.

In 1875 August Heintz suspected the location of the "Weinantstein" castle on the Großer Boot, which in 1387 was given half to Count Palatine Ruprecht the Elder and in 1398 partly to Count Palatine Ruprecht the Younger and was not mentioned afterwards. The two fiefdoms from 1387 and 1398 for "Veste Weynantstein", however, based on current research, refer to Alt-Windstein Castle in Wasgau .

investment

The tower hill castle consisted of a rectangular 8.4 × 11.4 m stone building. Only the foundations are preserved.

literature

Thomas Strauch: Stone witnesses of a 4,000 year old cultural history - a look at important natural and cultural monuments of the Saarland . Yearbook for the miners' calendar 2006, pp. 147–153, publisher: Deutsche Steinkohle AG.

Web links

Entry by Jens Friedhoff on Stiefler Schloss in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Boot hut
Condition of the castle site on Historische-orte.de

Individual evidence

↑ August Heintz: Lost place names . In: Historischer Verein der Pfalz, Historisches Museum der Pfalz: Mittheilungen des historical Verein der Pfalz , Volume V, Speier, 1875, p. 116 f. On-line
^ Johann Henrich Bachmann: Pfalz-Zweibrükisches Staats-Recht , Tübingen 1784, p. 151 f. On-line
↑ Steffen Bergner, Jürgen Keddigkeit : Weinantstein . In: Jürgen Keddigkeit, Alexander Thon, Rolf Übel (eds.): Palatinate Burgenlexikon. Vol. 4.2. St - Z (= contributions to the history of the Palatinate ). tape 12.4.2 , 2007, ISBN 978-3-927754-56-0 , ISSN 0936-7640 , p. 276 .

[1] August Heintz: Lost place names . In: Historischer Verein der Pfalz, Historisches Museum der Pfalz: Mittheilungen des historical Verein der Pfalz , Volume V, Speier, 1875, p. 116 f. On-line

[2] Johann Henrich Bachmann: Pfalz-Zweibrükisches Staats-Recht , Tübingen 1784, p. 151 f. On-line

[3] Steffen Bergner, Jürgen Keddigkeit : Weinantstein . In: Jürgen Keddigkeit, Alexander Thon, Rolf Übel (eds.): Palatinate Burgenlexikon. Vol. 4.2. St - Z (= contributions to the history of the Palatinate ). tape 12.4.2 , 2007, ISBN 978-3-927754-56-0 , ISSN 0936-7640 , p. 276 .