Ramsberg Castle (Donzdorf)

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Ramsberg Castle
Ramsberg Castle - view from the south

Ramsberg Castle - view from the south

Creation time : around 1200
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Received or received substantial parts
Standing position : Count
Construction: Humpback block masonry
Place: Donzdorf
Geographical location 48 ° 41 '38.5 "  N , 9 ° 47' 12.4"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 41 '38.5 "  N , 9 ° 47' 12.4"  E
Height: 515  m above sea level NN
Ramsberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Ramsberg Castle

The castle Ramsberg is on the territory of the former municipality of Reichenbach under Rechenberg who since 1974 Donzdorf in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg belongs. The Spornburg and the Hofgut are located on a ridge, one of the two mountain spurs of the Rehgebirge to the south . On the other (western) branch is Staufeneck Castle .

history

Ramsberg was built around 1200. In 1225 it was probably owned by the knight Ulrich von Plochingen , a relative of Ulrich II and Konrad, known as the monk of Rechberg. A first written reference was told the plant on September 22, 1270, when then-owner Conrad, a son of Ulrich von Plochingen, the Monastery of St. Blaise , a serf gave maid and the corresponding deed at the castle was signed.

From 1327 to 1529 the castle was owned by the Lords of Rechberg . Between 1529 and 1999, Ramsberg Castle and the lands changed hands seven times.

The castle has been a sight on the Staufer road since 1977 . Since 2000 the castle has belonged to the Göppingen fashion chain Dieter Wißmach, who breeds horses in the stud farm belonging to the facility.

description

The castle team's lounge with its ribbed vault dates back to the 13th century. It is a three-aisled hall, also called Dürnitz , with nine bays and four octagonal pillars. It has no comparable counterpart north of the Alps, only the Crusader castle of Akkon has a similar hall. In 1450 the castle was converted for the first time. The castle chapel , built in 1560 and still in existence, is of late Gothic origin and was restored after a fire in the 1960s . It was initially dedicated to St. Margaret before it was dedicated to St. Martin. Between 1560 and 1580 the castle complex was rebuilt a second time. The stone house, which today defines the palace complex, dates from this time. 1809 it belonged with increasing decay back to the community that in 1830 the keep demolished because of the danger of collapse.

  • Castle from the west

  • bridge

  • Castle chapel

  • Bridge and entrance gate

  • View through the entrance gate

  • Information board at the entrance gate

  • Castle from the south from the valley

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 1 - Northeast Alb: Hiking and discovering between Aalen and Aichelberg . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1988, ISBN 3-924489-39-4 , pp. 131-147.
  • Family tables of the mediatized house Rechberg, 1893, family table 1.
  • Walter Ziegler (text) / Traute Uhland-Clauss / Albrecht Gmähle (photos) Around the Hohenstaufen , 1978, ISBN 3 80620207 9 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information board at the entrance gate.
  2. ↑ Straße der Staufer on stauferstelen.de. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Badische Zeitung, August 31, 2010 .
  4. ^ Walter Ziegler , Rund um den Hohenstaufen , p. 150 (illustration p. 50/51), 1978.