Ochsenburg Castle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ochsenburg Castle
Castle winery and fruit box

Castle winery and fruit box

Alternative name (s): Ochsenburg Castle
Creation time : 1100 to 1200
Castle type : Höhenburg, location
Conservation status: Castle winery and fruit box
Standing position : Nobles, margraves
Place: Zaberfeld - Ochsenburg
Geographical location 49 ° 4 '30 "  N , 8 ° 53' 40.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 '30 "  N , 8 ° 53' 40.4"  E
Ochsenburg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Ochsenburg Castle

The castle Ochsenburg even lock Ochsenburg called today is the remains of a hilltop castle above the giant Bach in the district Ochsenburg the municipality Zaberfeld in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

history

The castle was built by the Lords of Ochsenberg probably in the 11th to 12th century in the 14th century belonged to the Lords of Magenheim and the Margrave of Baden noted (1321) and came at the end of the 14th century in the possession of Württemberg , the gave the property to the Lords of Sternfels as a fief .

During the Renaissance , a castle was built as a new manor house. A castle winery was set up in 1569 and a fruit box in 1771 .

After 1817 the keep was demolished and in the course of the 19th century the palace and castle were demolished.

Of the former castle and palace complex of the Lords of Sternenfels, only the castle winery and the fruit box with the striking stepped gable north of the church have been preserved. Numerous stones from the castle and palace, including several heraldic stones, were built into various houses in the village.

literature

  • Frank Buchali: Lexicon of castles and palaces in the Heilbronn district . 5th expanded and revised edition. Self-published, Lehrensteinsfeld 2012, ISBN 3-00-007056-7 , p. 199.