The Mildenburg
The Mildenburg is a mid-12th century, originally Staufer, later Mainz castle (spur castle) above the district town of Miltenberg in the Lower Franconian district of Miltenberg in Bavaria.
Surname
A Latin part of the name was sometimes used: Piemontanus ("kind mountain").
Story
According to research results by Wolfgang Hartmann (see below [[#Literature|Literature]]), the Mildenburg, which was built on a northern promontory of the Greinberg , was most likely built in 1144 by a member of the noble free lords of Weinsberg named Burkard on behalf of King Conrad III. built. In 1140, the first ruler from the high nobility of the Staufers had defeated his powerful opponent Duke Welf VI in the Battle of Weinsberg (near Heilbronn ) . defeated. The women of the capitulating garrison of the Guelph Castle Weinsbergallowed Konrad free departure with portable belongings. The women used this promise for a ruse: they carried their men out of the castle and thus saved them from impending execution. The term “ Faithful Weiber von Weinsberg ” has become famous around the world as a result of the event documented in the Cologne King’s Chronicle . Weinsberg Castle got its name "Women's Loyalty" from this event.
King Konrad kept his promise and let the women go with their unexpected belongings. As can be deduced, a few years later the Staufer commissioned the leader of the pardoned castle defenders named Burkard and his brother Rupert - he became the progenitor of the lords of Dürn (Walldürn) - with the construction of two castles on the property of the Amorbach monastery , of which he was the chief bailiff had taken over in 1144. The two Staufer castles, which were built at strategically advantageous positions in the traffic-important southern Mainviereck , were given the names Mildenburg and Frohburg (predecessor of the Freudenburg, as " Räuberschlösschen" ." known). Their names obviously express the gratitude of the Weinsbergers towards King Konrad and praise his clemency.
Mildenburg probably came into the possession of Archbishop Siegfried II von Eppstein of Mainz around 1200, during the German throne dispute between the Staufers and Guelphs . He documented in 1226 in "Miltinberg", certainly on the "Miltenburch", which was first documented in 1248 as a fiefdom of Mainz (the Dürn). It secured Mainz's position of power and customs office on the south-western part of the Lower Main. Until the 18th century, the castle served as the official residence of the noble Mainz burgraves in their capacity as representatives of the sovereign in the Miltenberg office.
The 27 meter high keep, built from hump blocks, is the oldest part of the castle complex. It is located at the most endangered point, the rising slope to the south. Today's residential building with a high roof and stepped gables was built between 1390 and 1396 under the Archbishop of Mainz, Konrad von Weinsberg. The castle, which had already been conquered in 1525 in the Peasants' War, was destroyed in 1552 in the Second Margrave's War and recaptured.
The castle was expanded several times and partially rebuilt after it was destroyed in the Margrave War by Archbishop Daniel Brendel von Homburg (1555-1582).
The castle served as the seat of the archbishop's burgraves until the 18th century.
In 1803 the castle fell to the Prince of Leiningen . From 1807 to 1979 it was privately owned. Owners included Friedrich Gustav Habel (1858–1867) and Wilhelm Conrady (1867–1903), and in 1908 it was purchased by the von Normann-Loshausen family. The layout of the castle courtyard in the style of the castle romanticism of the 19th century as well as extensive conversion and modernization of the interior followed. From 1943 to 1979 the castle was owned by the Normann-Loshausen heirs, the Bock von Wülfingen family, and then the city of Miltenberg acquired the building complex.
In July 2011 the castle was reopened and now houses a museum of icons and modern art.
Museum
Since July 2011, the renovated Mildenburg has housed the Miltenberg Castle Museum as part of the Miltenberg Museums . The exhibition consists of around 170 works of art from the 20th and 21st centuries (Jürgen Lenssen Collection) as well as Russian and Greek icons from the 16th to 19th centuries (Würzburg Diocese Collection) and over 180 Romanian icons behind glass (Joachim and Marianne Nentwig Collection).
personalities
Ferdinand Bock von Wülfingen (1883–1956), lieutenant general, died here
literature
Wolfgang Hartmann: The castle puzzle Miltenberg - Freudenberg and the faithful women of Weinsberg. In the footsteps of the Lords of Dürn from the Amorbach monastery to the first Staufer king. Neustadt an der Aisch 2021, ISBN 978-3-9816592-2-1.
Alexander Antonov: Castles in the Main Square. Breuberg, Freudenberg, Miltenberg, Prozelten, Rothenfels, Wertheim, Wildenberg. Antonow, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-924086-30-3 , pp. 57–67 ( Handbook Series Historical Buildings 1 ).
Walter Hotz: Castles of the Hohenstaufen period in the Odenwald area. In: Winfried Wackerfuss (ed.): Contributions to the exploration of the Odenwald and its peripheral landscapes II Festschrift for Hans H. Weber. Breuberg-Bund , Breuberg-Neustadt 1977, pp. 155–168, esp. pp. 162 f.
web links
Commons : Mildenburg - Collection of images
History of Mildenburg
Museum.Burg.Miltenberg and Mildenburg . In: Website of the tourist community Miltenberg - Bürgstadt - Kleinheubach
Mildenburg . In: burgerbe.de
Museum Burg Miltenberg , official website of the museum
Museum.Burg.Miltenberg . In: museen-in-bayern.de
Burglandschaft.de Website of the association Burglandschaft eV
itemizations
Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. origin and meaning. Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia . C. H. Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 148 ( limited preview in Google book search).
Museums of the City of Miltenberg: The Mildenburg ( Memento des Originals of November 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Castles and palaces in the district of Miltenberg
Castles: Princely Leiningensches Palais Amorbach | Fechenbach Castle | Klingenberg City Palace | Laudenbach Castle | Löwenstein Castle | moated castle Oberaulenbach | Wasserschloss Sommerau | White Castle | Woerth Castle
Castles and Ruins: Altenburg (Sodenburg) | Kleinwallstadt Old Castle | Bacheburg (Lower Castle) | Collenburg castle ruins | Frankenberg Castle | Castle ruins Henneburg | Klingenburg castle ruins | Mildenburg | Mönchberg Castle (departed) | Wasserburg Riedern | Wildenberg Castle Ruins | Wildenstein castle ruins
Tower hill castles (all gone): Tower hill Roßhof | Tower Hill Schneirersbuckel (Upper Castle)
Mansions: Templar house
Castle stables (lost, unknown castles): Burgstall Alteburg (Eschau) | Altepurg Postal Old Ski Jump | ring wall Bürgstadter Berg | Burgstall Elsenfeld | ring wall Greinberg | Hay Hill | ring wall long mountain | Burgstall Ölenbuckel (Eisenbach Castle, Upper Castle) | Earthworks of the Ears Bacher Schanze (Heune-Bowl, Römerschanze) | Lower Castle Eisenbach
Fortified churches or fortified churches: St. Michaelis (Grubingen) | Fortified Church of St. Maria Magdalena (Trennfurt)
Watchtowers: Mautturm Eichenbühl 
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