Hohenbaden Castle
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.jpg) Aerial view from north-northwest |
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| Alternative name (s): | Hohenbaden Castle
Old castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Hillside castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Baden-Baden | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 46 '36 " N , 8 ° 14' 40" E | |
| Height: | 410 m above sea level NN | |
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The Hohenbaden Castle (in founding castle Hohenbaden , today Old Castle ) in Baden-Baden was in the Middle Ages seat of the Margrave of Baden . They named themselves after the castle, which gave the state of Baden its name .
description
The castle was built as the first dominion center of the Margraves of Limburg after the relocation of their rule to the Upper Rhine on the western slope of the rocky mountain Battert above what was then called Baden . The construction of the upper castle, the so-called Hermannsbaus, by Margrave Hermann II (1074–1130) is assumed to have started around 1100. From 1112 the Margraves of Baden called themselves .
Under Margrave Bernhard I of Baden (1372–1431) the Gothic lower castle was built, which was expanded by Margrave Jakob I (1431–1453) to become the representative center of the margravate. The most important component is the Bernhard Building (around 1400), whose column on the ground floor with a coat of arms carried by angels once supported the mighty vault. In its heyday, the castle had 100 rooms. In the same century, Margrave Christoph I expanded the New Castle , which was begun in 1370, in the city of Baden and moved the residence there in 1479. The old castle then served as a widow's residence , and in 1599 it was destroyed by fire. The ruins were not structurally secured until after 1830 . It was later looked after by the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg .
Todays use
The old castle has belonged to Wolfgang Scheidtweiler since 2017 . From its tower you have a good panoramic view of Baden-Baden and a distant view of the Rhine plain and the Vosges . The castle courtyard of the ruin is also worth seeing. The castle and tower can be visited free of charge. There is a restaurant in the castle.
The castle is a popular starting point for hikes on the Battert with its scenic, protected climbing rocks and a protected forest.
A large wind harp stands in the ruins of the great hall of the old castle. The harp, which was set up in 1999, has a total height of 4.10 meters and 120 strings , it was developed and built by the local musician and harp maker Rüdiger Oppermann , who called it the largest wind harp in Europe . The nylon strings are stimulated by the draft to produce the basic notes C and G. From 1851 to 1920 there was a small wind harp in the knight's hall of the old castle.
In 2014, a Staufer stele was erected at the car park below the ruins , reminding of the collaboration between the Margraves of Baden and the Staufers .
View from the Kurhaus
Fortress wall
Inside the castle
In Hohenbaden Castle
View from the (destroyed) knight's hall into the castle
Wind harp in the knight's hall
Staufer column (2014)
literature
- Dagmar Zimdars u. a. (Ed.), Georg Dehio (Gre.): Handbook of German Art Monuments : Baden-Württemberg I. The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , pp. 53/54.
Web links
- Altes Schloss Hohenbaden - State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg
- Hohenbaden Castle in legend and poetry
- Reconstruction drawing in the 12th century and in the 15th century by Wolfgang Braun
- 3D model of Hohenbaden Castle
Individual evidence
- ^ Pforzheimer Zeitung of February 21, 2017
- ↑ Baden-Baden on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
Castles: Hunting Lodge Fremersberg | New Castle (Baden-Baden) | Lower Neuweier Castle | Upper Neuweier Castle | Sandweier hunting lodge
Castles and ruins: Alt-Eberstein Castle | Hohenbaden Castle | Yburg