Lauterburg Castle

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Lauterburg Castle
External gate construction

External gate construction

Creation time : 1100 to 1200
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location, local location
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Essingen - Lauterburg
Geographical location 48 ° 47 '0.1 "  N , 9 ° 58' 38.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '0.1 "  N , 9 ° 58' 38.3"  E
Height: 665  m above sea level NN
Lauterburg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Lauterburg Castle

The castle Lauterburg is the ruin of a Spur castle in the district Lauterburg the community Essingen in Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The castle was probably built at the beginning of the 12th century. Adalbert von Lauterburg was first mentioned in 1128. A new building was erected in the 13th to 14th centuries and the new palace was built in the Renaissance style in 1594 ; it fell victim to a fire in 1732. The castle church was built in 1607 and is now the village church.

The Hohenstaufen , the Lords of Oettingen and the Barons of Woellwarth , who still live in the inner gatehouse today, are named as owners .

Tabular compilation of the history
year event
around 1100 probably the Count Palatine of Dillingen built the castle, very likely in the first quarter of the 12th century.
1128 Lauterburg is mentioned for the first time, Count Albert von Dillingen calls himself "Albertus palatinus Luterburch".
1191 the family of von Dillingen in Lauterburg expires. Now the Hohenstaufen as Dukes of Swabia take over the fief.
1198 Lauterburg probably changes into the possession of the hooks from Wöllstein, the "noble family of heels" (Haggen).
1257 Waltharus Haggo calls himself "Edler von Lauterburg".
1276 sell the Hohenstaufer to the Counts of Oettingen. "Hans von Aalen" is mentioned as Lauterburger Vogt.
1345 the castle with Rosenstein, Heubach and Essingen is owned by the Counts of Oettingen.
1358 Lauterburg is pledged to Count Eberhard the Greiner of Württemberg.
1386 mentions an imperial deed that the Vogtei (jurisdiction) Lauterburg includes interest and goods "from the village and the suburb of Aulon von mills, baths and other interest-bearing goods, including half the change in the city." to have.
1405 Georg III takes over von Woellwarth Lauterburg with Rosenstein, Heubach and Essingen as Württemberg Vogt.
1470 Rennwart von Woellwarth extends the old castle complex, especially the inner gate. Presumably, the construction of the outer bailey began.
1479 Rennwarth buys the castle from Woellwarth, including Essingen and Bartholomä.
1536 Georg Heinrich von Woellwarth built the outer gate as part of the outer bailey.
1594 Georg Wolf von Woellwarth carried out the construction of a new renaissance castle with three huge floors. The main castle's medieval structure is largely replaced.
1601 Georg Wolf moved from the city palace in Heubach to Lauterburg and added the name “von Woellwarth-Lauterburg”.
1607 built by Woellwarth-Lauterburg the castle church in the Renaissance style as part of the outer bailey.
1721 the rectory is built.
1732 the castle burns down completely and Baron Sebastian V. von Woellwarth-Lauterburg moves to Neubronn. The castle complex begins to slowly deteriorate.
1842 the reconstruction of the village Lauterburg after a major fire probably led to the slaughter of the ruins. Window and door vaults were removed and the cellar vaults collapsed in order to extract building material.
1928 security measures are carried out to preserve the ruins.
1966 Two pillars fall into the courtyard and destroy parts of a Christmas tree market (luckily at night and without injuries).
1968 to 1974 Comprehensive security measures are taken to preserve the ruins, including underpinning and filling the gap in the humpback square wall.
2015 to 2017 the castle church is extensively renovated.

investment

Considerable remnants of the surrounding walls are still preserved from the former castle complex , the outer bailey (75 meters × 25 meters) is well preserved and accessible, the main castle is not due to the risk of collapse. The main castle is increasingly falling into disrepair and is overgrown by bushes and trees. The inner gatehouse and the residential buildings of the outer bailey are inhabited. The ruin has been a sight on the Staufer road since 1997 .

Lauterburg ruin site plan

External gate construction

The outer castle gate is connected to the gatehouse . Originally the gatehouse was the home of the goalkeeper, later it was expanded and used as a village school until 1881. The striking building of the outer bailey, in particular the front with the archway, is now perceived locally as the landmark of the village of Lauterburg. The property "Äusseres Burgtor" has been owned by the Rieder family and their descendants since 1881.

Tabular compilation of the history of the property "Äusseres Burgtor"
year event
from 1470 the outer bailey will probably be laid out.
1536 Georg Heinrich von Woellwarth completes the outer gate .
1792 the outer castle gate is being renovated.
1823 the community buys the property "Äusseres Burgtor" for use as a school house, teacher's apartment and fire department equipment house.
1868 the 2nd tower floor has to be demolished due to dilapidation and the teacher's apartment has to be reduced.
1881 the new schoolhouse is inaugurated in the village, but the property is still used as a teacher's apartment.
1896 the community sells the property to the teacher's widow Helene (Lina) Rieder.
1953-1986 Heinzkarl Pfannkuch carries out renovations and refurbishments.
1997-2015 Friedlieb Pfannkuch completely renovated and modernized the property.
  • photos

  • Remains of the three-storey renaissance castle in the northeast of the ruin

  • Inner gate building (left) and goalkeeper building from the south

  • South flanking tower (2008)

  • Lauterburg around 1890, lithograph by an unknown draftsman

  • Watercolor (1913) by Franz Keller

  • Postcard old school house, 1900

  • Outer gate, courtyard view, 1952

literature

Web links

Commons : Lauterburg ruin  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Lauterburg in the description of the Oberamt Aalen from 1854  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Strasse der Staufer. In: stauferstelen.de . Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Friedlieb Pfannkuch, property "Äusseres Burgtor" Essingen - Lauterburg - Ostalb and the Rieder family, Pfannkuch family archive
  3. ↑ Walther-Gerd Fleck: Lauterburg ruins / Aalen In: Castles and palaces. Journal for Castle Research and Monument Preservation Volume 18, No. 1, 1977, ISSN  0007-6201 , pp. 52–55 ( PDF; 9 MB ).