Liebenzell Castle
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| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Bad Liebenzell | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 46 '36.5 " N , 8 ° 43' 32.9" E | |
| Height: | 450 m above sea level NN | |
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The Liebenzell Castle is a spur castle at 450 m above sea level. NN on a sloping mountain spur on the slope of the Schlossberg above the town of Bad Liebenzell in the Calw district in Baden-Württemberg . Liebenzell Castle was once the most important castle in the Württemberg Black Forest .
history
The castle was built in the 12th century by the Counts of Calw. In 1196 the Counts of Eberstein are mentioned as owners. From 1220 to 1230 the castle was expanded, destroyed in the 16th century and in 1692 and rebuilt in 1954.
Today the castle is owned by the International Forum Burg Liebenzell, Academy for Political Education and International Youth Exchange. It is a youth education and conference center. The Café Burg Liebenzell is open to the public seasonally.
investment
The castle consists of an irregular Fünfeckanlage 2.7 meters high and 17.5 meters high shield wall in which a square keep is integrated with abortion. The Palas is provided with slender pointed arch openings. The six-storey keep has a height of 32 meters with a high entrance at a height of six meters, a wall thickness of two meters and a floor area of around 9 by 9 meters. It can be climbed as a lookout tower .
legend
A legend describes a terrifying giant Erkinger who had a tower built here and who, as a robber and ogre, was up to mischief with two journeymen. He is said to have been over four meters tall and with particular fondness to have kidnapped the newlywed brides from the wedding feast, which he then devoured and threw their bones far out the window. Today's Beinberg lies on top of the heaped mountain . His huge dress, huge braces and an enormous shoe are said to have been kept for many years in the huge chapel in Hirsau Monastery .
literature
- Dieter Buck: Castles and ruins in the northern Black Forest - 33 excursions in the footsteps of knights . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1601-0 , pp. 91-93.
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan lexicon . Special edition. Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1 , p. 375.
- Wolfgang Zimmermann: On the way to castles and palaces in the Black Forest. Excursions and hikes to the most beautiful and interesting castles and palaces . Fink-Kümmerly and Frey, Ostfildern 1981, ISBN 3-7718-0409-4 .
- Gustav-Adolf Gedat: Liebenzell Castle. Small model for a new Europe . Thorbecke, Konstanz / Stuttgart 1963.
Web links
- Liebenzell Castle at burgenwelt.de
- International Forum Burg Liebenzell
- Liebenzell Castle - entry at Black Forest Tourism
- Liebenzell Castle - Entry at Gruppenunterkunft.de
- Liebenzell Castle at Burgenarchiv.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The fate of virgins was the subject of many legends from ancient times, see Georg Friedrich Daumer : The fire and Moloch service of the ancient Hebrews . Printed and published by Fr. Otto, Braunschweig 1842; limited preview in Google Book search.
- ↑ The giant Erkinger from Liebenzell . In: Württembergische Volksbücher: Legends and Stories , Volume 1. Europäische Hochschulverlag, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-86267-086-4 , p. 51, limited preview in the Google book search.