Hofen Castle
| Hofen Castle | |
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 Old view of Hofen Castle on the Neckar |
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| Creation time : | around 1250 |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, location |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Standing position : | Counts, barons |
| Place: |
Stuttgart - Mühlhausen district Hofen |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 50 '17.9 " N , 9 ° 13' 43.9" E |
| Height: | 240 m above sea level NN |
The Castle Hofen is the ruins of a hilltop castle above the Neckar at about 240 meters above sea level in the district of Mayrhofen in the district Mulhouse the state capital Stuttgart . Access is via Wolfgangstrasse behind the St. Barbara church . It is the only ruin in the city of Stuttgart with the remains of the wall.
history
Around 1250, next to the village of Hofen, which was first mentioned in 1120, the castle was built by the Counts of Württemberg to secure the Neckar crossing ( ford ) and a trade route. Cuno von Mühlhausen is named as feudal lord.
After the last of the "von Hofen", Luithart IV., Died in 1369, the castle came into the possession of Count Eberhard II of Württemberg and in 1369 as a fief to the noblemen of Neuhausen. The barons of Neuhausen remained the owners of the castle until 1753. The castle was burned down during the Thirty Years War . In 1753 Joseph Athanasius returned the fiefdom to Baron von Neuhausen to Duke Karl Eugen von Württemberg.
In the 19th century, the castle ruins were partially demolished and in 1999 the city of Stuttgart bought and renovated them.
investment
The eight-meter-high and 2.5-meter-thick shield wall with the tower stump and other remnants of the wall has been preserved on the attack side of the small fort on the outskirts . Presumably, who was Palas in the southeast corner and in the southwest corner of a wooden building.
The curtain wall was around two meters thick. The 6.5 by 6.5 meter keep still has a height of 13 meters. The inner castle was surrounded by a kennel and moats . The castle complex has been freely accessible since 2000.
