Purkstal tower hill

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Purkstal tower hill
Purkstal Tower Hill - View of the Tower Hill from the north

Purkstal Tower Hill - View of the Tower Hill from the north

Creation time : probably high Middle Ages
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Unknown
Place: Pommelsbrunn - Bürtel
Geographical location 49 ° 31 '26.1 "  N , 11 ° 32' 14.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '26.1 "  N , 11 ° 32' 14.4"  E
Height: 540  m above sea level NN
Purkstal Tower Hill (Bavaria)
Purkstal tower hill
View of the tower hill from the west
The surface of the tower hill

The Tower Hill Purkstal is an Outbound Turmhügelburg (moth), which in the hamlet Bürtel in the municipality Pommelsbrunn in Middle Franconia Nuremberg district land in Bavaria , Germany lies. Of the former castle, which was only discovered in 2006, only the man-made hill can be seen today.

Geographical location

The Burgstall is located in the central area of ​​the Hersbrucker Alb , part of the Franconian Alb , on a ridge at about 540  m above sea level. NN height between the Hirschbachtal in the northwest and the valley of the Etzelbach on the southeast side on a slope that slopes only slightly to the northwest. It is located directly on the connecting road between Heuchling and Bürtel, about 200 meters after leaving Heuchling on the western side of the road.

There are other former medieval castles nearby, to the north the Hauseck castle ruins , to the northeast the Werdenstein and Trutziger Kaiser castle stables , and the Rupprechtstein castle ruins near Etzelwang . To the southeast lies the Breitenthal castle stable above the Etzelbachtal, and to the southwest the Lichtenstein ruins and the Altes Haus castle stable above the town of Pommelsbrunn.

History of the castle

The former hilltop castle near Bürtel, which was only discovered in 2006 by district home keeper Werner Sörgel, is still not mentioned in a document , and the original name of the castle or its builder are also completely unknown. In a mention in a letter of division of the heirs of Konrad II. Schenk von Reicheneck from October 13, 1344, the place Bürtel is still referred to as “Purkstal”, the place name is derived from the word Burgstall for “place of a castle”. The castle was already mentioned at the beginning of the 14th century, even in the "opportunity of the landscape mitsampt den furthen und helten darinnen" , a site survey of the imperial city of Nuremberg before the Landshut War of Succession of 1504/05, the place is referred to as "Pürcktal" . Presumably lower ministerials from the Reicheneck taverns from the nearby Reicheneck Castle sat at the castle .

Today the Burgstall, which is freely accessible at all times, has been preserved as a meadow hill, on its surface a bench was set up.

The ground monument registered by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments as "Medieval Castle Stables " has the monument number D-5-6435-0122.

description

The abandoned Niederungsburg is located in the midst of agricultural areas on an only very moderately sloping slope on a high plateau. During the construction of the connecting road, the hill was damaged on its eastern side during the late 20th century. The artificially created tower hill has a round floor plan, with a ramp on the northwest side.

literature

  • Robert Giersch, Andreas Schlunk, Berthold Frhr. von Haller: Castles and mansions in the Nuremberg countryside . Published by Altnürnberger Landschaft eV, Lauf an der Pegnitz 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020677-1 , p. 61.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Burgstall Trutziger Kaiser on the website of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  2. ↑ About the castle ruins see: Karl Wächter, Günter Moser: In the footsteps of knights and nobles in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach. Buch und Kunstverlag Oberpfalz, Amberg 1992, p. 50
  3. ^ Burgstall tower in Weidental on the side of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  4. ^ Source history: Robert Giersch, Andreas Schlunk, Berthold Frhr. von Haller: Castles and mansions in the Nuremberg countryside, p. 61
  5. ^ The Burgstall on the website of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation