Fürstenstein Castle (Albungen)

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Fürstenstein Castle
East Side

East Side

Creation time : around 1264
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Receive
Standing position : Count
Construction: Sandstone
Place: Eschwege - Albungen
Geographical location 51 ° 13 '31.8 "  N , 9 ° 59' 56.8"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '31.8 "  N , 9 ° 59' 56.8"  E
Height: 205  m above sea level NHN

The castle Fürstenstein is a hilltop castle at around 205  m above sea level. NN on an elevation to the right of the Werra near the Albungen district of the north Hessian district town of Eschwege in the Werra-Meißner district in Hesse .

history

The castle was probably built in the 13th century by the Counts of Bilstein . Count Otto II von Bilstein († 1306), the last of his house, sold the Bilstein fiefdoms and then his allodial property to Landgrave Heinrich I of Hesse in 1301 . With this, the Fürstenstein Castle came to Hesse, but was then pledged many times .

From 1344 onwards, Messrs. Diede, originally probably Burgmannen on the Boyneburg , were entitled to the castle. From 1596 and until their extinction in the male line in 1807, they were the sole masters of the castle and lordship and called themselves Diede zum Fürstenstein .

In December 1807, after the death of the last Baron Diede zum Fürstenstein, King Jérôme von Westphalen moved in the castle and lordship of Fürstenstein as a settled fiefdom and gave both to his favorite Pierre Alexandre le Camus , whom he also made Count of Fürstenstein. With the end of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia, Fürstenstein came back to Kurhessen .

Fürstenstein Castle 1624 in the Thesaurus philopoliticus

description

The main castle consists of a late Gothic, rectangular residential tower measuring 8 × 13 m with a small chapel attached to the side around 1600 . Three floors of the residential tower are made of sandstone , the top one is half- timbered. The defensive wall and gates were partially demolished or changed.

The castle is privately owned; viewing is not possible.

literature

  • Gerhard Köbler : Historical lexicon of the German countries: The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , p. 205.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 65.
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 109.

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