Bönnigheim Castle

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Bönnigheim Castle
Ruins of the Ganerbeburg

Ruins of the Ganerbeburg

Alternative name (s): Old castle
Castle type : Location
Standing position : Emperor, noblewoman
Place: Bönnigheim
Geographical location 49 ° 2 '32.4 "  N , 9 ° 5' 28.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 2 '32.4 "  N , 9 ° 5' 28.2"  E
Height: 221  m above sea level NN
Bönnigheim Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Bönnigheim Castle

The Bönnigheim Castle , also known as the Old Castle , is the ruin of a Ganerbeburg on Burgstrasse in the west of the old town of Bönnigheim , Ludwigsburg district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The castle was part of the city ​​fortifications and later became the property of the Ganerbe . In 1338 the castle was owned by Fritz von Sachsenheim . From 1388 the four heirs Sachsenheim, Neipperg , Liebenstein and Woellenwarth shared the castle.

In 1525 the castle was destroyed in the Peasants' War, rebuilt in 1546 and the so-called Liebenstein part demolished in 1679 and a wine cellar built. In 1898 the round tower was given a conical roof and the bell from the Cyriakus Church from 1359. In 1979 the castle was renovated .

investment

The rectangular castle complex in the northeast corner of the city fortifications was separated from the city by a wall and a moat and had a multi-storey residential building with a stair tower that still exists today leading to the former courtyard. Different window fronts and corbels on the south gable indicate multiple renovations.

Others

A green plaque at the entrance to the tower says that it was owned by Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa in 1188 as "castrum Bieneke" . However, this is not the case and is based on a faulty transfer from the Treaty of Seligenstadt from 1188, which actually refers to a “castrum Rieneke” (“R” instead of “B”).

literature

  • Jörg Weikert, Günther Jungnickl, Günter Bächle, Gisela Trampusch, Sylvia von Hahn: Castles and palaces in the Ludwigsburg district . Ludwigsburg 1981.

Web links

Commons : Burg Bönnigheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Koblank: Treaty of Seligenstadt 1188 on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved January 5, 2018.