Lindenfels Castle

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Lindenfels Castle
Castle, Catholic and Protestant church, town tower

Castle, Catholic and Protestant church , town tower

Alternative name (s): Schlierburg, Slirburc
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Construction: Granite cuboid
Place: Lindenfels
Geographical location 49 ° 40 ′ 56.4 "  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 37.3"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 56.4 "  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 37.3"  E
Lindenfels Castle (Hesse)
Lindenfels Castle
Castle gate and gable of the residential building
East Side

The Burg Lindenfels is the ruins of a medieval hilltop castle in the west of the city of Lindenfels in the Bergstraße district in Hesse . It is the earliest mentioned castle in the inner Odenwald and was important as an aristocratic castle for centuries.

location

It rises above the village of Schlierbach and offers a wide view to the south of the Weschnitz Valley with Fürth and Rimbach and the Tromm in the background.

history

The place Schlierbach gave the castle the original name Schlierburg (mentioned between 1077 and 1088 in the Lorsch Chronicle as "Slirburc"). In 1123 the castle was first referred to as "Burg Lindenfels". Count Berthold the Younger called himself "Count von Lindenfels". In the 12th and 13th centuries, the owners changed, including the Staufer and Guelphs . In 1277 Count Palatine Ludwig II bought the castle. The importance of the castle declined from the end of the 15th century. 1728 forced an empty treasury, Palatine management, keep demolish. In 1779 other parts of the castle were demolished. In 1802, membership of the Palatinate ended when the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt took over the castle.

investment

The castle has a polygonal , almost circular curtain wall that has changed several times over the years . It consists of granite blocks , corners, door frames, bay windows and other parts partly consist of smooth sandstone blocks. In the interior of the core castle , only traces of the more recent development are preserved. The stately round donjon stood free-standing in the center in the courtyard. Its location is indicated today by a wall. The main castle is surrounded by three kennels . The inner kennel encloses the curtain wall at a small distance. The two outer kennels run at a generous distance with partially integrated city walls. They go back to the 14th century.

  • Former residential building
  • North tower

literature

  • Thomas Biller: Castles and palaces in the Odenwald. A guide to history and architecture. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2005, ISBN 3-7954-1711-2 , pp. 202-206.
  • Walter Hotz : Castles of the Hohenstaufen period in the Odenwald area. In: Winfried Wackerfuß (Ed.): Contributions to the exploration of the Odenwald and its peripheral landscapes II. Festschrift for Hans H. Weber. Breuberg-Bund , Breuberg-Neustadt 1977, pp. 155-168, especially pp. 155f.
  • Albert Ludwig Grimm: The picturesque and romantic places of the Odenwald . 1843, reprinted in 1999 by Christa Kleipa.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 564.
  • Thomas Steinmetz: Castles in the Odenwald . Verlag Ellen Schmid, Brensbach 1998, ISBN 3-931529-02-9 , pp. 19 and 52-53.
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 238.

Web links

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