Maus Castle
Maus Castle on Wellmich
The Mouse Castle is a hill fort at 98 m above sea level. NN in the Middle Rhine Valley from the second half of the 14th century in Sankt Goar on the district Wellmich on the Rhine in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. Since 2002 she is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
History
The castle was built from 1353 to 1357 planned and begun, completed by his successors Kuno II of Falkenstein and Werner von Falkenstein ( 1362-1388 ) by the Archbishop of Trier Bohemund II under the name of St. Peterseck. She served the last two princes of the church from time to time as a residence. Originally a more Kurtrierische castle called St. Petersberg should be built near to oppose the two Katzenelnbogen Neukatzenelnbogen castles ( Burg Katz ) and Rhine rock something. However, it was ultimately the sole construction of castle Peterseck.
The name mouse received the castle well by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen the meantime, the larger castle Neukatzenelnbogen nearby - had built, probably by the inhabitants of the area, which has been passed for the first time since 1744 - in the vernacular Burg Katz. In addition to the castle and castle Peterseck Thurnberg or Deuernburg was called (castle Deuernberg ). Never destroyed, they fell only during the 18th century. In 1806 it was sold for demolition to Friedrich Gustav Habel, who wanted to maintain the castle. It was rebuilt 1900-1906 under the architect Wilhelm gardener who has received the outward appearance largely.
By the end of 2010, Eagles and Falcons was housed for decades in Burg Maus.
Description
Built out of the slate quarry stone available locally, almost square core surrounds the castle courtyard with adjoining residential tower west and south gelegenem Palas. Palas, courtyard and north building (now in ruins ) share the core area into three sections. On the eastern side of the main attack rises the 33 m high and 8 m by measuring, round keep, straddling half protruding from the 10 m high curtain wall, with a southeastern square and a northern octagonal corner towers. The keep has only four window slits in the military platform that received an additional essay in 1924. Today, the tower on the battlements accessible (at that time only about a retractable wooden ladder ) previously fitted, the sides surrounds under the roof on a projecting arched frieze with basalt consoles the castle, with rectangular, probably closed by wooden shutters hatches instead of battlements.
To the west of the plant is the residential tower, which was initially much smaller, and its surface area was doubled in the 14th century shortly after the completion of the castle. It was built under the builder Bohemund II as a four-story residential tower 7 m by 8.5 m floor area with the castle. His successor Kuno von Falkenstein was attach a northern extension with an attached lavatory north tower. The now new and larger residential tower set after an adequate archiepiscopal residence dar. He had initially four, now only two protruding, round Eckwarten polygonal degree in height of the weir plate.
The southern third of the castle dominates the two-storey palace with narrow chapel upstairs. In the northern part was against the Palas a today lying in ruins outbuildings. Until the 17th century the castle buildings were covered with steep slate roofs hipped roofs, the keep had a conical roof, like an engraving by Matthäus Merian is apparent. Moreover, were the exterior walls, as was customary, light plastered (see Mark Burg ).
An all-round, pointed to the prominent wing kennel that surrounds the lower court there, and the rock-cut steep and deep moat protected in addition to the castle. Access brought to the moat and the castle path on the north side by a no longer existing drawbridge in the west at the residential tower scheduled gatehouse.
The castle was a time for their ultra-modern and comfortable defensive and residential investment. All parts of the building were heated, big booths - real window sills - were admitted to the palace windows in the walls.