Schwarza moated castle
| Schwarza moated castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 9th to 10th centuries | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, built over | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Schwarza | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 37 '13 " N , 10 ° 31' 57.9" E | |
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The Schwarza moated castle is a lost moated castle in Schwarza in today's Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in Thuringia .
history
Schwarza was owned by the Counts of Henneberg in the 9th and 10th centuries . The castle built at this time served to secure the roads across the Thuringian Forest , in order to have access to the rooms around Meiningen and Rohr . The Henneberg line split, Schwarza became space for the Henneberg-Schwarza line for the administrative center of Römhild . As a result of inheritance disputes, the moated castle often changed hands. The castle of the Lords of Stolberg was built in its place between the 16th and 18th centuries . There are hardly any remains of the moated castle.
The successor building, Stolberg Castle , still exists today and is privately owned. Renovation work that had begun was interrupted in 1993 and parts of the castle fell into disrepair.
Individual evidence
- ^ Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia Wartberg Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 267