Tower Castle (Walluf)

Tower castle in Walluf
	Remains of the tower castle
Alternative name (s):	Wallufer tower castle
Creation time :	around 1000
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Remains of the tower and the trenches
Standing position :	Clericals, nobles
Construction:	Cast masonry
Place:	Walluf -Lower Walluf
Geographical location	50 ° 2 '20.9 " N , 8 ° 9' 55.7" E Coordinates: 50 ° 2 '20.9 " N , 8 ° 9' 55.7" E
Height:	82 m above sea level NN

The Wallufer Turmburg is the remainder of a Niederungsburg next to the Johanniskirche on the outskirts (towards Wiesbaden ) of the Niederwalluf district of the Walluf municipality in the Rheingau-Taunus district in Hesse .

History and layout

A “villa waltaffa” at the castle site was mentioned as early as 770, which was probably the beginning of the later tower castle , which was built in the 10th century to protect a Rhine crossing (sand bank) against the advancing Normans . In the second half of the 11th century, a residential building was built in the possession of the Kornelimünster monastery . The castle was destroyed around 1200 and ownership went to knight Heinrich gen. Frank von Wiesbaden in 1263.

From 1931 to 1933 the remains of the castle were uncovered. The castle complex shows the remainder of the tower made of cast masonry on a base area of 9.60 by 11.60 meters and a wall thickness of 2.20 to 2.30 meters and remains of moats that surround the tower. The castle had a kennel , a Romanesque house and an ossuary .

literature

Guntram Schwitalla: Tower castle and Johanniskirche in Johannisfeld. (= Archaeological Monuments in Hesse 166) Wiesbaden 2005.
Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites . 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , pp. 493-494.
Georg Wilhelm Sante (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 4: Hessen (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 274). Unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-520-27403-5 .
Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 357.

Web links

Commons : Turmburg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wallufer Turmburg on the Burgenwelt.org site
Wallufer Turmburg at rheingau.de