Schlösschen tower hill (Insingen)

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Castle hill tower
Alternative name (s): Insingen Castle
Creation time : Mentioned in 1237
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall, tower hill partially built over
Place: Insingen
Geographical location 49 ° 18 '9.9 "  N , 10 ° 9' 58.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '9.9 "  N , 10 ° 9' 58.8"  E
Schlösschen tower hill (Bavaria)
Castle hill tower

The tower hill castle , also castle Insingen called, is a Outbound medieval motte (moth) about 150 meters east to east-southeast of the church on the eastern outskirts of Insingen (on courtyard) in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria .

history

The castle of the Lords of Kesselberg was probably built in the 12th century. In 1237 the castle was destroyed "personally" by Juta von Kesselberg as atonement . She wanted to end the ban on church with which her husband Friedrich von Kesselberg was occupied. He was slain in a dispute with Würzburg horsemen in 1237 and should be able to be buried in church.

Presumably rebuilt, the castle was owned by the Lords of Insingen from 1308 to 1338 and was bought by the Lords of Seldeneck in the same year . In 1375 Weiprecht von Tann is named as the owner. After the castle was captured by troops from the city of Rothenburg in 1553 , it was sold to the imperial city of Rothenburg in 1558. In 1804 the castle was auctioned and then demolished.

The tower hill is partially covered by the former moth enclosure with double moat system.

literature

  • Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Jürgen Schabel, Sabine Kothes: Palaces and castles in Middle Franconia. A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Central Franconian independent cities and districts . Verlag A. Hoffmann, Nuremberg 1993, ISBN 3-87191-186-0
  • Hans Karlmann Ramisch: District of Rothenburg ob der Tauber (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 25 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1967, DNB  457879254 , p. 55 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: Wolfgang Hartmann: Who were the Lords of Kesselberg , in: Spessart-Zeitschrift 09/2012 (106th volume), pp. 17-21
  2. ↑ a b Entry on Castle Insingen (Schlösschen) in the private database "Alle Burgen".