Wysburg 2007

The Wysburg.
A small castle near the small town of Weisbach in Thüringen, Germany.

After being abandoned because it's function as a border post has ceased to be relevant, it was used as a headquaters by a pack of renegade knights who plundered the nearby traderoutes.

In the 13th century Emperor Rudolf II of Hapsburg ordered the the castle to be destroyed. A blide or trebuchet was used to compromise the formidable defenses.

After the knights where removed from the castle the walls where taken down.
Large gaps where cut in the walls and replaced with wood that could easily burn. After the gaps where filled with all sorts of material and was lit, the Wooden supports burned and where crushed by the weight of the wall.
The 1 meter thick, 10 meter high stone walls fell over like dominoes and left the castle useless for future renegades to use for protection.

In 1986 the excavation began at the site and the stone balls used to attack the walls where found. 21 years later much more is known about the site. Work at the site is still an ongoing work in progress.

The movie is a media production By Peter Lunshof (c) ( 2007 )

Music : Pruitt Igoe By Philip Glass

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Wysburg
• history
• trebuchet
• Weisbach
• 3d
• animation

[elchapetas]

hey! thats the trebuchet from age of empires 2

[Diggnuts]

@elchapetas Perhaps that trebuchet is modelled from the same type as this one. But this model and the physics that drive it are build by me. I'd surely remember if I sold it to a game studio, which I didn't.

This model was build in Cinema 4d back in the summer of 2006.

[elchapetas]

@Diggnuts nah the trebuchet im mentioning is a 2D render, although it bases its model on the same geometrical pattern

[Diggnuts]

@elchapetas Both use the layout of the type of trebuchet at Château des Baux. You can find detailed drawing of that type on wikipedia, it is a very recognizable object. It looks like the dimensions on the game version are a bit off, but that doesn't matter all that much. The game version also seems to lack a sled and rope which is more of a problem.

The reason why I chose a French treb for a German historical event is because we have no way of knowing what the original looked like.

[ydobon95]

is this from a film?

[Diggnuts]

@ydobon95 Actually, this is the film !. It is a reconstruction of events that concern the Wysburg, At that spot archaeological work has been done since the mid 1980's. This was a project of mine to capture some of the happenings and findings.

The movie runs in the museum in Weisbach where the context makes a lot more sense !.

[blugyblug]

Wow, that animation is really good. Nice music too.

Too bad the low quality of youtube messed it up though.

[R0flix]

nice animation

[ydobon95]

@Diggnuts is this from a film?

[Diggnuts]

@Orcusaves No, the burg in the film is called Wysburg or Hohewaldsburg. It is located near Weisbach and Neuenbeuthen. The Runneburg is a completely other castle. I actually have been there a couple of times but seeing as I have also been to the Wysburg at least 10 times I can assure you that these are two entirely different locations.

Perhaps you found the wrong Weisbach, there are several. The Wysburg has a site in German you can look up. Google it.

[Orcusaves]

The castle calls "Burg Weißensee" or "RUNNEBURG" an its near Weißensee, not Weisbach.

Greetings from Thüringen.

[Diggnuts]

All shots illustrate a part of the sequence of the siege. Where the first 2 shots only weaken the structure and do minor damage, the last shot is the final breech that sealed their fate.

( And I needed to bridge that time due to the music ! )