Hainhausen moated castle
| Hainhausen moated castle | ||
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 Former location of the Hainhausen moated castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Haginhusen Castle | |
| Creation time : | before 1108 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, Talburg | |
| Conservation status: | Ground monument | |
| Standing position : | Noble | |
| Place: | Hainhausen | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 2 '35.6 " N , 8 ° 52' 50.9" E | |
| Height: | 130 m above sea level NN | |
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The Hainhausen moated castle , also called Haginhusen Castle in old documents in the 12th century, was the ancestral castle of the early Lords of Eppstein in Rodgau . After the castle was abandoned in the 14th century, it fell into disrepair, was used as a quarry and is no longer visible today as a ground monument .
Geographical location
In the wet meadows on today's Burgstrasse in the Rodgau district of Hainhausen in the Offenbach district, the Hainhaus moated castle was surrounded by Rodau , Mühlgraben and Wallgraben . It was built in the early 12th century as the residential tower of the Lords of Hausen (later Haginhusen), as the Eppsteiners called themselves until they moved to Eppstein im Taunus . Adjacent to the west was the Hainhausen mill, which was operated as such until 1866, at the latest by 1189. The mill and outbuildings were removed in 1998.
research
The location of the former moated castle is therefore quite well known, even if the foundation walls and other relics are covered by a layer of earth. On the occasion of the deepening of the former mill ditch in 1956, the foundations of a tower with a diameter of 11 m and a wall thickness of 2.25 m were found a little south of the mill.
In 2010/2011 the history and culture association Hainhausen e. V. carry out geophysical surveys on the wet meadows southeast of the former mill area. The results published in 2012 show massive structures with straight edges and right angles at a shallow depth of around 2000 m². The assumption published in 1968 that it was a round defense tower from the second half of the 12th century and thus an extension of the already existing castle has been called into question by the soil investigation.
Excavations in the prospected area were started under the direction of the Lower Monument Protection Authority of the Offenbach district in August 2012 and continued in the summer of 2013 and 2014.
literature
- Karl Nahrgang : City and District Offenbach a. M .: Studies and research: supplements to the atlas for settlement studies, transport, administration, economy and culture , Waldemar Kramer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, various booklets 1955–1967.
- Hainhausen History and Culture Association (Hrsg.): 900 years of Hainhausen. grafic & dtp Thomas Wex, Rodgau 2008.
- Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 409f.
- Dagmar Kroemer, Astrid Stobbe, Tanja Zerl: The castle of Rodgau-Hainhausen - built on peat. In: hessenARCHÄOLOGIE 2013. Yearbook for archeology and palaeontology in Hessen. Theiss, Darmstadt 2014, ISBN 978-3-8062-2984-4 , pp. 148-152.
- Angela Metzner: Reichslandpolitik, aristocracy and castles - investigations into the Wetterau in the Staufer time (= Büdinger Geschichtsblätter 21). Büdingen 2008/2009, ISBN 978-3-00-026770-3 , pp. 145-152.
- Johann Wilhelm Christian Steiner: History and antiquities of Rodgau in old Maingau. Heyer, Darmstadt 1833.
References and comments
- ^ Johann Wilhelm Christian Steiner: History and antiquities of the Rodgau in old Maingau. , Pp. 32–39, Heyer, Darmstadt 1833.
- ^ A b c Karl Nahrgang: City and district Offenbach a. M .: Studies and research: Supplements to the atlas for settlement studies, transport, administration, economy and culture , volume 10, W. Kramer Verlag, Frankfurt 1963
- ↑ GKH e. V. (Ed.): 900 years of Hainhausen. grafic & dtp Thomas Wex, Rodgau 2008, p. 58 f.
- ↑ Margarete Zilch and Arnold Haag: Mills on the middle Rodau. Weiskirchen 2008, p. 72.
- ↑ Rodgauer Geschichtspfade, plate 3 Hainhausen
- ↑ a b GKH e. V. (Ed.): 900 years of Hainhausen. grafic & dtp Thomas Wex, Rodgau 2008, p. 57.
- ↑ According to other information, 12.7 m in diameter with a wall thickness of 2.65 m; see Thomas Steinmetz: Early low castles in southern Hesse and adjacent areas. Ober-Kainsbach 1989, p. 102; Angela Metzner: Reichslandpolitik, aristocracy and castles - studies on the Wetterau in the Staufer period. (= Büdinger history sheets 21). Büdingen 2008/2009, p. 146.
- ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau . April 21, 2012, p. R15.
- ↑ Offenbach Post . April 21, 2012, p. 42.
- ^ Report in the Offenbach-Post from August 7, 2012 ; Gesine Weber, Dagmar Kroemer: Long known, finally examined - the castle of Rodgau-Hainhausen. In: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen (Ed.): Hessen-Archäologie 2012. Yearbook for Archeology and Palaeontology in Hessen , pp. 161–163.
