Old Wallerstein Castle

Gate tower of the old castle

Administrative building of the old castle

The old Wallerstein Castle (also Wallerstein Castle ) is located in the Wallerstein market in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries .

history

The formerly extensive, terraced complex on a rock above the town was first signed in 1188 in a contract between Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa and King Alfonso VIII of Castile , in which the marriage between Friedrich's son Konrad and Alfons daughter Berengaria was agreed mentioned. Half of the castle with all its accessories (mediam partem castri Walrstein cum omnibus suis pertinenciis) was to be part of the bride's morning gift along with 29 other Staufer goods . However, this marriage was never put into practice. A Konrad von Wallerstein is documented as early as 1109.

It has been owned by the Counts of Oettingen since 1261 . In 1582, the surrounding administrative and economic buildings and the outer ring wall with gate tower were built. In 1648 the buildings were destroyed by Swedish troops in the Thirty Years War. The Counts of Oettingen therefore built a new residence below the old residential wing, the New Palace , which was given its current classicist shape in 1804.

The old castle was in ruins from 1648, the rock was used as a quarry. From 1774, new facilities were built, which were primarily used for the brewery operations for the Princely Brewery in Oettingen . A former granary is now used as a brewery inn. The two-storey saddle roof building with elevator openings and crane beams was built with a cellar in 1774 and expanded in 1838 with the addition of a sugar factory.

literature

• Volker von Volckamer: From the land of the counts and princes of Oettingen. Calendar pictures and calendar stories , Wallerstein 1995

Web links

Commons : Altes Schloss Wallerstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wallerstein - photos, travel guide, city map, route planner - virtual city tour in photographs - Globopix

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Koblank: Treaty of Seligenstadt 1188 on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
2. ↑ Dr. Georg Grupp: Oettingische Regesgten, 1st issue 1140–1279, Nördlingen, 1896. p. 3

Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 24.8 "  N , 10 ° 28 ′ 34.4"  E