Stein Castle (Enzkreis)
| Stein Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Stein Castle, Stork Tower | |
| Creation time : | around 1350 | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Standing position : | Margraves, nobles | |
| Place: | Koenigsbach stone | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 57 '48.4 " N , 8 ° 38' 43.1" E | |
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The stone castle , even Castle Stone and Stork Tower called, is a former mounting in the district stone of the community Königsbach-Stein in Enzkreis , Baden-Wurttemberg .
history
In 1240 a castle was first mentioned in a document (mention of a Heinrich von Stein), which is said to have been built around 900 by members of the German knight nobility at the foot of the Eichelberg.
The margraves of Baden built the village under their control in 1350 to a fortification with four gates. The whole place was surrounded by an earth wall and moat, and later two more bulwarks were added within the outer fortress ring .
In the 16th century, the fortress was rebuilt, and a keep was built as a place of refuge from enemy attacks, the "stork tower".
After the "Feste Stein" lost its military significance, the margravial government converted the castle tower into a prison, which was used until 1821. In 2005 the stork tower was restored and can be visited.
description
The castle is a two-storey building with a half-hip roof and a circular ring with four gates. A narrow wooden spiral staircase leads to the stork tower, which has a fireplace and six cells.
Remarks
On January 17, 1760, the "Black Christine", the gypsy Christina Klein, born. Walther, wife of the notorious robber captain Johann Friedrich Schwan, known as "Sonnenwirtle" (executed on June 30, 1760), gave birth to a boy in the stork tower and later died on the racked gallows.
After Friedrich Schiller had heard about the story from his teacher Jakob Friedrich von Abel at the Karlsschule , he wrote the novella Der Verbrecher aus Lost Honor in 1786 , and Hermann Kurz , a Swabian narrator, wrote his novel Der Sonnenwirt after it in 1854 .
literature
- Hartmut Riehl: Castles and palaces in the Kraichgau . 2nd edition, Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 1998, ISBN 3-929366-51-7 , pp. 112-113.