Schlossbuck tower hill in the Hag

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Schlossbuck tower hill in the Hag
Creation time : probably 12th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle, spur position, moth
Conservation status: Castle stable, tower hill with rampart and moat preserved
Standing position : Ministerial Headquarters
Place: Pfofeld - "Hag"
Geographical location 49 ° 6 '14.1 "  N , 10 ° 49' 25.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 6 '14.1 "  N , 10 ° 49' 25.2"  E
Height: 463  m above sea level NN
Tower Hill Schlossbuck in Hag (Bavaria)
Schlossbuck tower hill in the Hag

The tower hill Schlossbuck in the Hague is the remainder of an unknown abandoned medieval hilltop castle at 463  m above sea level. NN , which once rose on the so-called Hag over the Weihergraben. The Burgstall is located 1100 meters west-southwest of the local church of the Pfofeld community in the Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Bavaria , Germany . To this day, nothing is known about this small castle complex, it was probably the seat of the Pfofelder local nobility. Today only the tower hill with rampart and moat remains of the object, which is protected as a ground monument .

history

This large tower hill castle (moth) is probably the seat of the local nobility of Pfofeld, it was mentioned in a document between the years 1180 and 1190 with a "Dietericus de [= von] Pfavelt" . This ministerial family probably served the Counts of Hirschberg , they owned goods in Pfofeld, Dornhausen and Gundelshalm , and they probably use the castle to consolidate their rule.

description

The two-piece Postal consists of a main castle with the tower hill and west upstream bailey . It lies on a slope of the “Hag” forest section that slopes west towards the Weihergraben. The name Hag already indicates a fortification and means an area enclosed or fenced in by a hedge .

The entire oval system is about 130 meters long and 90 to 100 meters wide. It is surrounded by a ditch with an outer wall that is three to five meters wide. The tower hill has a diameter of around 40 meters and a height of six to seven meters.

literature

  • Ingrid Burger-Segl, Walter E. Keller: Archaeological Hikes, Volume 3: Middle Altmühltal and Franconian Lake District . Verlag Walter E. Keller, Treuchtlingen 1993, ISBN 3-924828-58-X , p. 62.
  • Konrad Spindler (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 14: Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district - Archeology and history . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0493-4 , p. 211.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Konrad Spindler (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 14: Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen - Archeology and History , p. 211
  2. ↑ Ingrid Burger-Segl, Walter E. Keller: Archaeological Walks, Volume 3: Middle Altmühltal and Franconian Lake District , p. 62