Obermelsendorf tower hill

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Obermelsendorf tower hill
The castle site on an enlarged section of the Bavarian premiere (1808 to 1864)

The castle site on an enlarged section of the Bavarian premiere (1808 to 1864)

Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall, tower hill, moat
Place: Schlüsselfeld - Obermelsendorf
Geographical location 49 ° 46 ′ 56.2 "  N , 10 ° 39 ′ 15.5"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 56.2 "  N , 10 ° 39 ′ 15.5"  E
Height: 335  m above sea level NHN
Tower Hill Obermelsendorf (Bavaria)
Obermelsendorf tower hill

The Tower Hill Obermelsendorf is an Outbound medieval motte (moth) on the southern edge of Obermelsendorf , a modern suburb of key field in the district of Bamberg in Bavaria . In 1837 the remains of masonry were still visible from the castle, but they were completely removed afterwards. The site is protected as a ground monument number D-4-6229-0003 "Medieval Tower Hill".

history

No concrete historical or archaeological information is known about this Niederungsburg , it is roughly dated to medieval times. However, around 1333/34 the Reichsministeriale von Lauffenholtz , owners of the lower burgesses in Laufamholz and the later Hallerschloss in Mögeldorf , were given fiefs in Obermelsendorf by the Würzburg monastery . Most recently they were in the service of the Bamberg Monastery; in Mögeldorf they kept fiefdoms until they died out in 1568.

description

The square tower hill lies in a swampy valley low and has a diameter of about 25 meters. Its surface is badly churned. The tower hill is surrounded by a 20-meter-wide moat , no remains of a possible wall can be seen. The difference in height between the surface of the hill and the bottom of the trench is two meters.

literature

  • Denis André Chevalley (arr.): Upper Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume IV ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52395-3 .
  • Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical monuments in Upper Franconia . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 5). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1955, p. 60.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Location of the tower hill in the Bavarian Monument Atlas
  2. ↑ Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical site monuments of Upper Franconia. P. 60
  3. ↑ List of monuments for Schlüsselfeld (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 149 kB)
  4. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  5. ^ Giersch / Schlunk / von Haller: Unterbürg Castle , on Herrensitze.com
  6. ↑ Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical site monuments of Upper Franconia. P. 60