Lichtenberg Castle (Oberstenfeld)

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Lichtenberg Castle
Lichtenberg Castle from west-southwest

Lichtenberg Castle from west-southwest

Creation time : 1197
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Received or received substantial parts
Place: Oberstenfeld
Geographical location 49 ° 0 '49 "  N , 9 ° 19' 36"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '49 "  N , 9 ° 19' 36"  E
Lichtenberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Lichtenberg Castle
View from the keep to Oberstenfeld and Hohenbeilstein Castle
Courtyard
Castle courtyard, clock and bell tower
Castle chapel

The Lichtenberg Castle is a hilltop castle in the district Oberstenfeld above the village Oberstenfeld in Baden-Württemberg district of Ludwigsburg . The castle is a landmark of the Bottwartal and one of the best preserved Hohenstaufen castles in Germany. It is inhabited and houses a restaurant that is only open on special occasions.

history

Lichtenberg Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1197. The owners, Messrs Hummel von Lichtenberg , had the same coat of arms as Messrs von Heinriet and the Hacken zu Hoheneck from Hoheneck . In the 13th century the Lichtenbergers ruled a small territory around Großbottwar . The family is not to be confused with the Franconian noble family Lichtenberg and the Alsatian noble family Lichtenberg , both of which belong to the high nobility .

Hermann II. Hummel von Lichtenberg was Chancellor Ludwig of Bavaria and from 1333 to 1335 Bishop of Würzburg. In 1322 Albrecht Hummel von Lichtenberg was involved in the victory of Ludwig of Bavaria over the army of Frederick the Fair of Austria in the battle of Mühldorf am Inn. This battle is considered to be the last knight's battle on German soil. In 1357 Albrecht Hummel von Lichtenberg sold the lordship and castle to Count Eberhard den Greiner from the up-and-coming House of Württemberg out of financial difficulties . In 1407 the Swabian Lichtenberg family went out. In 1361 Württemberg gave the castle and village a fief to the crown of Bohemia . The feudal lordship lasted until 1805.

In 1483, Count Eberhard im Bart enfeoffed the Württemberg court master Dietrich von Weiler from the nearby Weiler Castle with the castle as an after fief . Since then, the castle has been owned by the barons von und zu Weiler.

Today's meaning

Bailey, keep and chapel are open to the public from April to November on Sundays, in the absence of the lords and the Palas . Weddings and other celebrations can be held at the castle by arrangement . A wedding ceremony in the chapel is also possible. The vineyard at its feet also belongs to the castle .

The hilltop castle, which was never destroyed, dates from around 1200 with a late Romanesque palace. The castle chapel (1220 to 1230) has wall paintings from the time it was built and around 1350, the gate is Gothic .

Today's appearance comes mainly from the 15th century, as the Weiler family had a major renovation carried out at that time.

The castle was damaged by artillery fire towards the end of the Second World War in 1945 and completely renovated in 1956.

investment

The castle is entered via a stone bridge and a gate porch that is flanked by a gatehouse . The inner gate of the complex is reached through a gate fence , above which is the chapel with beautiful exposed wall paintings, the oldest works of which date from the 13th century. The approximately 30 meter high keep, which is now provided with a roof, towers over the small complex on the attack side. The high entrance to the keep is around 8 m high and can be reached from the second floor of the hall via a wooden walkway. A wooden staircase inside the tower leads over 112 steps to the viewing gallery , from which there is a very good all-round view.

The narrow courtyard is bordered by the palace on the valley side and can be reached via a wooden bridge. To the north, the curtain wall with a clock tower and the battlements runs to a rectangular low tower standing across a corner to the northeast. In the bell tower there are two bells by Johann Georg Rohr (1704) and his son Johann Daniel Rohr (1731).

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ burgenwelt.de