Höringhausen moated castle

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Höringhausen moated castle
Coat of arms stone of the former castle

Coat of arms stone of the former castle

Creation time : before 1314
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Local nobility
Place: Höringhausen , City of Waldeck
Geographical location 51 ° 16 '15.4 "  N , 8 ° 59' 21.7"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '15.4 "  N , 8 ° 59' 21.7"  E
Height: 340  m above sea level NHN
Moated castle Höringhausen (Hesse)
Höringhausen moated castle

The moated castle Höringhausen is a lost moated castle in Höringhausen , a district of Waldeck in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .

history

It is not known when and by whom the castle was built. Höringhausen was owned by the Counts of Ziegenhain , who handed the place over to the Lords of Itter as a fief in 1314 . At this time the castle was first mentioned in a document. In 1357, the town and castle came into Hessian possession through a contract between the Archdiocese of Mainz and the Landgraviate of Hesse . From 1383 these possessions and half of the Itter lordship were then in the possession of the Wolff von Gudenbergs . In the same year they passed on the pledge to the castle and village to the lords of Eppe and later to the lords of Cratzenstein.

Location of the former moated castle

The castle was last mentioned in a document around 1500. After that it seems to have gradually deteriorated. The cellar was still there in 1910 and was used as an ice cellar . Today only the coat of arms stone and the pond remind of the castle. The coat of arms stone comes from the archway of the manor belonging to the castle, which was broken off in 1971 . The coats of arms on the stone are those of the noble families "Wolff von Gudenberg" and " von Schachten ".

Note: Höringhausen was a Hessen-Darmstadt enclave in the middle of the county and later the principality of Waldeck . The place came to Prussia in 1866 and, after Waldeck's connection to Prussia, it became part of the Eisenberg district .

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 120.

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