Schmitthof Castle
Schmitthof Castle | |
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Creation time : | 1538 |
Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
Conservation status: | Preserved essential parts |
Standing position : | Nobles |
Place: | Kirtorf - Lehrbach |
Geographical location | 50 ° 46 '52 " N , 9 ° 1' 58" E |
Height: | 293 m above sea level NHN |
At Castle Schmitthof is a former moated castle in Gleental northwest of the district Lehrbach the city Kirtorf in Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse .
history
In place of an old village deserted village (Reissdorf became deserted in 1427) from the 14th century, a branch of the Schenck zu Schweinsberg built this moated castle in 1538. It was restored in 1977/79 and is now privately owned.
The castle complex consists of a residential building, a surrounding wall with four corner towers, three of which have been preserved. The moat has meanwhile been filled in.
literature
- Elmar Brohl : Fortresses in Hessen. Published by the German Society for Fortress Research eV, Wesel, Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2013 (= German Fortresses 2), ISBN 978-3-7954-2534-0 , pp. 167–170.
- Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 224.
- Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 216.
Web links
Commons : Burg Schmitthof - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Kirtorf-Lehrbach, Schmitthof moated castle in the wiki of the project “Renaissance castles in Hessen ” at the Germanic National Museum
- Schmitthof Castle on burgenwelt.org