Jagsthausen Castle

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Jagsthausen Castle
The Götzenburg

The Götzenburg

Alternative name (s): Old castle, Götzenburg
Castle type : Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status: Received or received substantial parts
Standing position : Free nobles
Place: Jagsthausen
Geographical location 49 ° 18 '44 "  N , 9 ° 28' 9"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '44 "  N , 9 ° 28' 9"  E
Jagsthausen Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Jagsthausen Castle

The Jagsthausen , later Old Castle and more recently based on Goethe's drama Götz von Berlichingen Götzenburg called in Jagsthausen in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg is one of the ancestral homes of the Lords of Berlichingen . The hilltop castle , located on a slope above the Jagst valley , has been the setting for open-air games since 1950.

Jagsthausen Castle 1807

history

The castle goes back to the Lords of Husen in its medieval beginnings , but has been rebuilt and expanded several times, most recently very extensively from 1876 to 1878 by the Ulm minster builder August von Bayer .

The castle has served as a venue for the Jagsthausen Castle Festival since 1950 and has been marketed as a Götzenburg since around this time. In fact, the historical Götz only lived in this castle for a few years of his childhood and never owned the castle, which one of his older brothers inherited.

The castle, which is owned by the von Berlichingen family, is currently inhabited by Alexandra Freifrau von Berlichingen and the tenant family. Also, Roman Herzog , former Federal President and the late husband of Alexandra Baroness von Berlichingen lived in the last years before his death at the castle.

Until 2014, there were two memorial stones in the park of the castle for the dead of the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" and the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" , two units of the Waffen-SS who were also involved in the war. and end- stage crimes were involved. These stones were removed after protests.

investment

The complex, which is surrounded by a moat , still has considerable building fabric from the 15th and 16th centuries. The Jagsthausen consists of a palace with Knights' Hall , a women's shelter with bower , a dungeon and a Dienstbotenbau with large corner towers. In the castle museum in one of the corner towers, weapons and Roman antiquities as well as the two original Iron Hands of Götz von Berlichingen are shown. A park with romantic ruins architecture from the 19th century surrounds the castle.

gallery

  • patio

  • Rear view

  • Gate tower with Berlichingen coat of arms

  • Coat of arms of the Berlichingen on the palace of the Götzenburg

  • The outer bailey of the castle

  • The entrance gate

  • From the bike path

  • The two prosthetic hands of Götz von Berlichingen

See also

Hornberg Castle and Möckmühl Castle are also sometimes referred to as "Götzenburg", as both played a role in Götz von Berlichingen's life.

literature

  • Friedrich Wolfgang Götz Graf von Berlichingen-Rossach: History of the knight Götz von Berlichingen with the iron hand and his family . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1861.
  • Julius Fekete: Art and cultural monuments in the city and district of Heilbronn . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1662-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ burgfestspiele-jagsthausen.de
  2. ↑ Christian Gleichauf: Alexandra Freifrau von Berlichingen is 70 today . In: Heilbronn voice . February 12, 2011 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on August 24, 2012]).
  3. ↑ Ralf Garmatter in context: weekly newspaper : SS fans without wreath dropping point v. April 16, 2014
  4. ↑ Ralf Garmatter: The silence in the castle . In: Context: weekly newspaper , January 22, 2014
  5. ↑ Heilbronn Voice of March 22, 2014, p. 33.

Web links

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