Haselberg Tower Hill Castle

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Haselberg Tower Hill Castle
Creation time : around 1100
Castle type : Hill castle, moth
Conservation status: Castle rest
Standing position : Ministeriale
Place: Roding beam field
Geographical location 49 ° 15 '36.6 "  N , 12 ° 28' 28.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '36.6 "  N , 12 ° 28' 28.2"  E
Height: 480  m above sea level NHN
Haselberg Tower Hill Castle (Bavaria)
Haselberg Tower Hill Castle

The tower hill castle Haselberg is the ruin of a tower hill castle (Motte) on the western edge of the Haselberg at 480  m above sea level. NHN above the Schellerbach in the Strahlfeld district of the town of Roding in the Upper Palatinate district of Cham in Bavaria .

history

The beginning of the moth could be before 1100 and its abandonment probably took place as early as the 13th century. Presumably the Motte, which could also have been a forerunner of the nearby Schwärzenberg Castle , was a border castle and seat of an unknown ministerial family of the Bamberg Monastery .

description

The Motte is an almost square castle complex with an inner surface of 22 by 23 meters with rounded corners, presumably a donjon that served as a keep and residential tower . The system with external water supply was protected by a 7.5 to 10 meter wide and up to 3 meter deep trench , which was preceded by an outer wall on the slope side. Traces in the interior indicate an edge wall with a wall. Today the complex still shows significant remains that are now heavily overgrown. The Burgplatz is now a ground monument .

literature

  • Bernhard Ernst: Castle construction in the southeastern Upper Palatinate from the early Middle Ages to the early modern period, Volume 2: Catalog . Publishing house Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 2003, ISBN 3-933474-20-5 , pp. 282-283.

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