Lützelhardt Castle (Black Forest)
Lützelhardt Castle | ||
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Lützelhardt Castle - ruins of the main castle (western part) |
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Alternative name (s): | Lützelhard | |
Creation time : | around 1100 to 1150 | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, rocky location | |
Conservation status: | ruin | |
Standing position : | Ministerials | |
Place: | Seelbach | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 18 '57 " N , 7 ° 57' 11.3" E | |
Height: | 459.4 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Lützelhardt even Lützel Hard written, which is ruin of a medieval castle east of Seelbach in Ortenaukreis in Baden-Wuerttemberg .
Geographical location
The former rock castle is about 460 meters above sea level. Its name goes back to the Old High German lucilinhart (small forest), which is a very rare castle name in the German-speaking area.
history
The castle originally served to secure the pass road into the Kinzig valley . From the 11th century on, the southern Ortenau came under the influence of the Zähringer . The construction of the castle in the early 12th century is likely to go back to this family. It was probably managed by a Zähringen ministerial family . However, there are few written records. In the course of disputes between the Hohenstaufen and the bishops of Strasbourg , the castle was probably destroyed around 1245 by the neighboring Geroldseckern , who belonged to the episcopal party. After that, the security of the pass road was taken over at the newly built Hohengeroldseck Castle .
gender
In the 12th century, Zähringer ministerials were mentioned repeatedly, bearing the name "von Lützelhardt". A branch of this family or this community of heirs rose to imperial ministry around the middle of the 12th century . A Konrad von Lützelhardt became one of the most important officials of the Hohenstaufen imperial administration in Italy . The name Mosca-in-Cervello or Mosca-in-Cerebro (Mück-im-Hirn) is passed down for this. Especially during the conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily by Henry VI. Konrad von Lützelhardt as Margrave of Molise was of central importance as a military leader. Descendants of this Konrad still appear in the 13th century and call themselves de Lucinardo . You soon appear in opposition to Emperor Friedrich II . In the late 13th century their track is lost.
legend
The legend of the Grüselhorn surrounds the castle , according to which a gentleman from Geroldseck was abducted to Lützelhardt, was able to discover his whereabouts through a familiar horn call and then free himself. Then Lützelhardt was destroyed.
description
The three parts of the castle lie on three rocks of different sizes, up to 10 meters high, and were originally probably connected by a palisade . Most of the rising walls of the castle go back to excavations and reconstructions from 1926 to 1929. The remains of the main house with Romanesque palace windows and a dragon relief are particularly impressive . Inside the main castle there is a medieval cistern and a pouring stone. Numerous finds are kept in the Lahr City Museum.
literature
- Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume 7, Tübingen 1908, p. 139 ( digitized version of the Heidelberg University Library ).
- Kurt Klein: Castles, palaces and ruins - witnesses of the past in the Ortenau district . Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 3-922663-47-8 , pp. 108-109.
- Klaus Schubring : Between Syracuse and Seelbach. Staufer-era connections from southern Italy to Ortenau . In: Die Ortenau : Journal of the Historical Association for Middle Baden, Volume 65, 1985, ISSN 0342-1503 , pp. 120-133 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Albert Panther: The Lützelhardt Castle . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Volume 64. Verlag des Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1984, ISSN 0342-1503 , pp. 335–341 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Klaus Schubring: The gentlemen from Lützelhardt. Contributions to determining their origin . In: Zeitschrift für Württembergische Landesgeschichte , No. 40, 1981, ISSN 0044-3786 , pp. 262–283.
- Karl Hammel: Lützelhardt castle ruins near Seelbach, Lahr district. A contribution to the dating of medieval ceramics . In: Badische Fundberichte, No. 19, 1951, ISSN 0341-0919 , pp. 87-99.
- Karl Hammel: Lützelhardt . In: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden, Issue 21: Castles and Palaces of Central Baden , 1934, pp. 511–526 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
Web links
- Entry on Lützelhardt in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Lützelhardt Castle at burgenarchiv.de
- Lützelhardt Castle at alemannische-seiten.de
- Lützelhardt Castle at zum.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel: Walther von Geroldseck , Badisches Sagen-Buch II, pp. 8-14.