Lichtenfels Castle (Dornhan)

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Lichtenfels Castle
Shield wall of the Lichtenfels castle ruins

Shield wall of the Lichtenfels castle ruins

Creation time : around 1100 to 1200
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Count
Place: Dornhan -Leinstetten
Geographical location 48 ° 22 '56.9 "  N , 8 ° 32' 32.4"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '56.9 "  N , 8 ° 32' 32.4"  E
Height: 500  m above sea level NN
Lichtenfels Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Lichtenfels Castle

The Burg Lichtenfels is a high medieval castle ruins at Leinstetten in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg , Germany .

Geographical location

The ruins of the former hilltop castle are located between the Dornhan districts of Leinstetten and Bettenhausen at about 500 m above sea ​​level above the Glatt valley .

history

Coat of arms of those of Dettingen

The castle, which dates from the 12th century, was probably founded by the Counts of Hohenberg .

The noble family von Lichtenfels was related to the lords of Dettingen with whom they shared the coat of arms.

The castle was destroyed for the first time during the Battle of Leinstetten in 1298. In 1423 the castle was partly owned by the Counts of Zollern . In the 15th century, Countess Henriette von Württemberg besieged the Lichtenfels. Count Friedrich von Zollern was taken prisoner. The destroyed castle was not rebuilt and abandoned in favor of Schloss Leinstetten .

At the end of the 20th century, the castle ruins are owned by the Barons von Podewils and have been thoroughly renovated.

Building description

The shield wall of the former castle complex and an adjoining section of the south wall have been partially preserved. The former moat can still be seen around the castle hill. The ruin is freely accessible.

literature

  • Friedrich August Köhler: Leinstetten with Bettenhausen and Lichtenfels (edited by Fritz Peter) . 1816, p. 69 f .
  • Emilie Scotzniovsky: The buried treasure in the ruins of Lichtenstein, in: Gedichte (Dec. 1842) . Baden 1945.
  • Alexander Antonow: Castles of southwest Germany in the 13th and 14th centuries - with special consideration of the shield wall . Konkordia Publishing House, Bühl / Baden 1977, ISBN 3-7826-0040-1 , pp. 202-205.
  • Local administration of Bettenhausen / Leinstetten (ed.): The lady of the castle from Lichtenfels, in: Bettenhausen - Leinstetten. City of Dornhan - Rottweil district. Local register for the 900-year documentary mention in Codex Reichenbachiensis . Freudenstadt 1985, p. 105-112, 223 .
  • Jiri Hönes: Two legendary ballads from Glatt works by the poet Emilie Scotzniovsky, in: Heimatkundliche Blätter Zollernalb. Ed .: Local history association Zollernalb. 1 and 3, January 31, 2016.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Knobloch, p. 400