Stolzenburg (Tabarz)
| Proud castle | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1250 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, hillside location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Local nobility | |
| Place: | Bad Tabarz | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 51 '58.6 " N , 10 ° 29' 16.2" E | |
| Height: | 580 m above sea level NN | |
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The Stolzenburg is an abandoned high medieval hill fort on the northern slope of the Schönleite mountain southwest of Bad Tabarz in the Gotha district on the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest .
location
The castle site was on a small hill about 2 km southwest of Tabarz, directly on the medieval trade and escort road that climbed to the Grenzwiese - Kleiner Inselsberg pass , today's state road L 1024.
description
The plant was completely destroyed by the quarry. The castle consisted of a tower, which stood on a small hill directly on the road. Located in the immediate vicinity, the Stolzenburg apparently belonged to the neighboring Leuchtenburg .
history
The Stolzenburg was mentioned as a fortification of a Lauchaer (?) Or Lupnitzer knight in the 1418/19 Thuringian chronicle of the Eisenach chronicler Johannes Rothe . Its construction time, use and destruction are directly related to the Thuringian-Hessian War of Succession (1247–1263). It is also said to have been renewed again later to secure the escort over the Schönleite Pass on the Kleiner Inselsberg, as a robber barons nest it is said to have caused great damage to trade until it was destroyed again. After the quarry, nothing is left of the former castle complex.
Name interpretation
According to local tradition, the name Stolzenburg refers to the magnificent and proud watchtower that stands above the street.
literature
- Thomas Bienert: "Burgstelle Leuchtenburg" - Medieval castles in Thuringia . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 84 .
- Michael Köhler: "Leuchtenburg" - Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 240 .
- Carl Lerp: The summer resort Tabarz (Grosstabarz and Kleintabarz) and the immediate vicinity. A guide for spa guests and tourists . Friedrichroda 1889, p. 101-110 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
- ^ Luise Gerbing : The field names of the Duchy of Gotha and the forest names of the Thuringian Forest between the Weinstrasse in the west and the Schorte (sluice) in the east; on behalf of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology. and ed. by Luise Gerbing . Jena G. Fischer, 1910 ( archive.org [accessed May 23, 2020]).