Lißberg Castle

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Lißberg Castle
Lißberg Castle

Lißberg Castle

Creation time : 1222
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Lißberg
Geographical location 50 ° 22 '28.2 "  N , 9 ° 5' 3.5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '28.2 "  N , 9 ° 5' 3.5"  E
Lißberg Castle (Hesse)
Lißberg Castle

The castle Lißberg is the ruins of a hilltop castle in the district Lißberg the large village Ortenberg in Wetteraukreis in Hesse .

location

The castle is located on the top of a central cone in the middle of an old volcanic crater . The round keep with its conical top is visible from afar ; popularly he is nicknamed "the Lißberger Krautfass."

history

The castle was built in the 12th century by the "Lords of Liebesberg" who were first mentioned in 1222. With the death of Friedrich von Lißberg in 1396, the Lißberg family died out.

The castle tower

Johann von Rodenstein , a brother-in-law of Friedrich, took possession of the castle and from then on called himself Johann von Rodenstein and Lißberg. In 1415 the Counts Johann II. And Gottfried IX. von Ziegenhain forcibly seized the castle and sold half of it to Landgrave Ludwig von Hessen three years later (1418) .

After the death of the last Count of Ziegenhain, Johann II., In 1450 the castle and office of Lißberg fell to the Landgrave of Hesse. When the Hessian inheritance was divided in 1604, the Lißberg castle and office came to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt .

investment

The castle complex shows the visitor a high shield wall 3 m thick, which closes the complex to the northeast. The entrance to the Zwinger , which was secured with a moat and drawbridge until the 18th century , is at the southeast end of the wall.

The Zwinger leads to the wide forecourt in the south of the castle complex; the tithe barn and granary used to be there . Another archway leads into the actual castle courtyard, which is almost trapezoidal .

The former castle buildings have fallen into disrepair; only the massive keep with a diameter of 9 m and a height of 27 m is well preserved and can be climbed as a lookout tower by arrangement . Its wall is about 3.5 m thick. The staircase runs through the walls to the top of the tower. The high entrance to the tower is 9 m high; originally it could only be reached by a drawbridge from the residential building, which was attached to the shield wall. After this building collapsed around 1824, an external staircase was added to the tower in 1865. The Lißberg community hall now stands on the site of the old residential building.

Today the castle with the community hall is used for events such as medieval markets, private celebrations or tent camps.

  • Foundations of the well house

  • Floor plan of Lißberg Castle

  • The keep over Lißberg

literature

Web links

Commons : Burg Lißberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files