Friedberg Castle (Oppenau)
Friedberg Castle | ||
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Engraving from 1804 with a typified depiction of ruins over the city |
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Creation time : | around 1300 | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
Conservation status: | Built-in remains | |
Standing position : | Clerical | |
Place: | Oppenau | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 28 '36.1 " N , 8 ° 10' 2.6" E | |
Height: | 300 m above sea level NN | |
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The Friedberg is the remnant of a Spur castle on 300 m above sea level. NN am Berg above the church of the city of Oppenau in the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg . The castle ruins were expanded into a residential building in the 20th century.
history
The castle was probably built around the year 1300 by the administrators of the monastery to protect the monastery of All Saints . In 1319 the castle came into the possession of the bishops of Strasbourg , they used it as an administrative building. The buildings of the complex were renovated in 1574 and served as the seat of a bailiff . The castle then slowly fell into disrepair, and in 1605 it is described as “neglected”. In a big fire in 1615, the castle and the town of Oppenau were destroyed by flames, later a castle-like building was built in the area of the ruins, which is now privately owned.
The castle complex was a rectangular building with a round, elongated residential tower , of which remains are still preserved, surrounded by two large neck ditches , which are now built over by houses.
literature
- Kurt Klein: Castles, palaces and ruins - witnesses of the past in the Ortenau district . Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 3-922663-47-8 , p. 87.
- Dieter Krauss: Friedberg Castle . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Middle Baden , Volume 64. Publishing house of the Historical Association for Middle Baden, Offenburg 1984, ISSN 0342-1503 , pp. 223-224.
Web links
- Entry on Friedberg near Oppenau in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Friedburg Castle, Friedberg at burgenarchiv.de