Neu-Windeck Castle
| Neu-Windeck Castle | ||
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 Palas ruins (1987) |
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| Alternative name (s): | Neuwindeck, Lauf, Laufer Castle | |
| Creation time : | around 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Allodial Lords | |
| Place: | Run | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 38 '36.3 " N , 8 ° 8' 15.9" E | |
| Height: | 310 m above sea level NN | |
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The Castle Neu-Windeck , including Castle Neuwindeck , Castle Run or Laufer Castle called, is the ruins of a hilltop castle on the Schlossberg at 310 m above sea level. NN , a hill southeast of Lauf in the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The castle, first mentioned in documents in 1371, was built around 1300 by the Lords of Windeck, whose family had separated into two independent lines (Old and New Windeck). In 1377 a castle chapel was documented, which was consecrated to the Three Kings .
The two lines of the family, which in history are not always clearly distinguishable and also carried the same coat of arms, lived in frequent opposition due to different interests. So it came about that the castle served the Strasbourgers in the so-called Schlegler War (1394-1396) as a base against Alt-Windeck .
The hostilities did not end until 1466. Berthold von Neu-Windeck married Anna von Alt-Windeck that year. The last heir, Jakob von Windeck, died of an illness in Venice in 1592 on the way back from his Junker voyage , which had led him through France, Spain and Italy to Palestine. The fiefs fell back to the realm and to the Margrave of Baden , the remaining allodies went in equal parts to the two sisters: Alt-Windeck to Ursula and Neu-Windeck to Elisabeth.
Sebastian von Windeck had pawned part of the castle to the margrave Christoph I of Baden as early as 1500 . The Margraves of Baden in turn left part of the castle to the Lords of Dürrmenz from 1520 to 1570. There is no reliable information about when the castle was destroyed. As early as 1580, however, the castle was described as a ruin.
description
In the gothic built style castle was a small trapezoidal area with three-story palace , a small residential building, a 20-meter high castle keep with three dungeons , knights dwellings and stables, surrounded by a shield mural reinforced curtain wall with kennel . The keep can be climbed as a lookout tower and offers a good panoramic view of the area.
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. 45-47.
- Kurt Klein: Castles, palaces and ruins - witnesses of the past in the Ortenau district . Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 3-922663-47-8 , pp. 60-61.
- Hans-Martin Maurer: The Neu-Windeck Castle . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . In: Historical Association for Middle Baden (Ed.): The Ortenau. Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden . Edition 64. Verlag des Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1984, ISSN 0342-1503 , pp. 166–170.
- Heiko Wagner: Theiss Castle Guide Upper Rhine. 65 castles from Basel to Karlsruhe . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1710-6 .
- 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 .
Web links
- Neuwindeck Castle on the homepage of the municipality of Lauf
- Neuwindeck Castle on burgenreich.de
- Entry to Neu-Windeck b. Run in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- 3D model of the Neu-Windeck castle ruins
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neuwindeck castle ruins on the website of the municipality of Lauf