Aue moated castle
| Aue moated castle | ||
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 Auer Wasserburg general view |
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| Alternative name (s): | Aue Castle | |
| Creation time : | First mentioned around 1000, 1060 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | built-in wall remains, cellar, dry moat | |
| Standing position : | Local nobility | |
| Place: | Wanfried -Aue | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 10 '48 " N , 10 ° 7' 42" E | |
| Height: | 190 m above sea level NHN | |
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The moated castle Aue is the ruin of a moated castle at about 190 meters above sea level on the outskirts of Aue , a district of Wanfried in the Werra-Meißner district . The area belongs to Northern Hesse and lies directly on the border with Thuringia .
history
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The construction of the castle complex probably began around 1200. The noble family von Aue is mentioned as the first documented mention in 1272 and in the 14th century the knight Albert von Aue was Burgmann zu Eschwege .
The lords of Aue died out in the male line in 1435, and at the end of the 16th century the lords of Eschwege built a mansion in the village.
The castle was looted and set on fire by Croatian troops during the Thirty Years War in 1637 and burned down to the stone ground floor. After that it was not rebuilt.
description
The castle ruin was the subject of archaeological investigations by the Hessian State Office for Monument Preservation in 2004 . It was originally a moated castle with a U-shaped floor plan, surrounded by a moat that has now silted up . The Renaissance building was multi-story; the upper floors in the clay half-timbered construction stood on a stone ground floor, which had still been completely preserved. It had massive stone walls and vaulted ceilings. The rooms were still partially accessible. The debris from the upper floors lay on the vaults and had not been cleared since the destruction. The upper floors had not been rebuilt. In the upper part was mainly the breakage of roof tiles and clay walls.
Numerous small finds, metal objects, remains of door locks, door hinges, hooks and hinges of various sizes were found on the limestone floor of the basement, which was hardened by the fire. Even parts of a suit of armor appeared, splintered glass finds the crown glass windows and vessels. Particularly noteworthy are the stove tiles of numerous stoves from the second half of the 16th century, so-called Reformation stoves with leaf tiles with biblical motifs. A still existing sandstone portal is evidence of the former splendor of the castle.
Since July, the small tower of the castle ruins, which was only built in 1920 for decorative reasons, has housed Hesse's smallest accessible museum. A large number of small finds are shown on an area of just four square meters, illustrating everyday life in a castle in the late Middle Ages and early modern times.
Footnotes
literature
- K. Kollmann: Hidden under rubble . In: Archeology in Germany (AiD) . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, 6, ISSN 0176-8522 , p. 51 f.
- Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites. 3rd edition, Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , pp. 59-60.
- Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 358.
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann zu Aue with Wanfried in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- History of the moated castle , website of the Heimatverein Aue
- Burg Aue on the Burgenwelt.de site