Amerang tower ruins

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Amerang tower ruins
Amerangfelsen, seen from the Karlstein castle ruins

, Amerangfelsen from the ruined castle Karlstein seen from

Alternative name (s): Coffer stone
Creation time : between 1140 and 1180
Castle type : Höhenburg, rocky location
Conservation status: Tower ruins, Burgstall
Standing position : Ministeriale, counts
Place: Bad Reichenhall - Karlstein
Geographical location 47 ° 42 '59.5 "  N , 12 ° 50' 28.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '59.5 "  N , 12 ° 50' 28.4"  E
Height: 570  m above sea level NHN
Amerang Tower Ruins (Bavaria)
Amerang tower ruins

The Amerang tower ruin , also known as Koferstein , is a former rock castle in Bad Reichenhall in the Berchtesgadener Land district in Bavaria .

The ruined tower is under number D-1-72-114-193 as a monument , the Postal under number D-1-8243-0133 as ground monument to the Bavarian monument list entered.

history

The castle was probably built between 1140 and 1180 by the Archbishop of Salzburg and served as a counterpart to Karlstein Castle during the 13th century . It was mentioned during the middle of the 13th century as … en hous heizzet Amrange. , the castle Amerang was then probably destroyed in 1262 at the same time as the castles Vager and Kirchberg by Duke Heinrich XIII.

description

From the former tower castle on a small rock plateau only small remnants of the curtain wall with a thickness of about 1.1 meters have been preserved. The cistern was partly carved into the rock, partly built with stones and covered with a waterproof layer of clay . Due to its design and exposed location, Amerang was probably not planned as an inhabited aristocratic residence, but as a counter-castle to Karlstein Castle. This is also supported by the lack of a farm yard and the fact that, due to the difficult-to-reach location, it was hardly possible to control the route from Reichenhall to the west. Under certain circumstances the facility was manned only temporarily. Bent arrowheads from the late 13th century, found during an archaeological investigation in 2002, indicate a military conflict that coincides with the destruction of the facility in 1262. Since scorch marks missing is to assume that when looping the ring walls were broken the castle.

Geographical location

The Amerang Castle is located at 570  m above sea level. NHN high rock head northwest of the Kugelbachbauern and directly opposite the Karlstein Castle in the Bad Reichenhaller district Karlstein . The ruin lies in steep, impassable terrain and is not open to the public.

literature

  • Johannes Lang : Reichenhaller Burgenweg - guide to the castles and palaces in the Reichenhaller area . Published by the Association for Local History Bad Reichenhall and Surroundings e. V., Bad Reichenhall 2004, pp. 9-10.
  • Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the district of Upper Bavaria, Munich 1995, pp. 80–81.
  • Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 55 .

Web links

Commons : Ruine Amerang  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Amerang castle ruins at the "House of Bavarian History" (plans, history, building history, existing buildings)
  • Entry on Amerang in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Johannes Lang: Reichenhaller Burgenweg - Guide to the castles and palaces in the Reichenhaller area , p. 9.
  2. ↑ Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria , p. 81.
  3. ↑ Der Pulverturm , newspaper of the association for local history Bad Reichenhall und Umgebung eV, year 2002, pp. 33–39