Lauterbach Castle (Lauterbach)

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Lauterbach Castle
Lauterbach Castle

Lauterbach Castle

Alternative name (s): Lauterbach Castle
Creation time : around 1266
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: preserved as a lock
Place: Lauterbach
Geographical location 50 ° 38 '17 "  N , 9 ° 23' 42.3"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 38 '17 "  N , 9 ° 23' 42.3"  E

The castle Lauterbach , including Lauterbach Castle called, is one of a former castle Resulting Renaissance - castle . It is in the district town of Lauterbach in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse .

description

The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1266 when Lauterbach was raised to town as a "propugnaculum vel turrim", a "bulwark" or a "fortification tower" to secure the western side of the town fortifications. From 1580 to 1581, the main building , which dates back to the Gothic period, was expanded into a castle with a Renaissance portal and a tube fountain . The castle has a tenant house with a curved gable and a castle gate with cents and the same number in the coat of arms stone . The shape of the courtyard from the second half of the 17th century has been preserved. The castle was partially destroyed in 1848, and it was rebuilt in its current form around 1887.

Today the castle houses the administration of the Barons Riedesel zu Eisenbach with the Riedesel archive.

  • Information board on the castle building

  • Entrance portal with coat of arms

  • Side view with the truss attachment on the sides

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 227f.
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 229f.

Web links

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