Dieburg Castle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dieburg Castle
Dieburg Castle around 1700

Dieburg Castle around 1700

Alternative name (s): Dieburg Castle, Albinian Castle
Creation time : around 1150
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Remnants in newer parts
Standing position : Ministeriale
Place: The castle
Geographical location 49 ° 53 '56.8 "  N , 8 ° 50' 9.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '56.8 "  N , 8 ° 50' 9.2"  E
Height: 142  m above sea level NHN
Dieburg Castle (Hesse)
Dieburg Castle

The castle Dieburg , including Castle Dieburg or Albinisches Castle called, is located in Dieburg in Darmstadt-Dieburg in Hesse and was the Dieburger fortification connected.

history

In the middle of the 12th century, a moated castle was founded between three older villages on the Gersprenz by the Hohenstaufen ministerials and the lords of Hagen-Münzenberg . At the same time, a city complex was built east of Dieburg Castle.

investment

The moated castle had a square floor plan with a side length of 60 meters, an outer kennel and a keep in the middle of the castle courtyard.

A bridge over the Gersprenz led to the castle, which was further connected to Dieburg's city fortifications by two stone walls.

Today a corner tower of the Zwinger ("Schlossturm") as well as remnants of the Zwinger walls and the "Albini Castle" are preserved. Baron Franz von Albini , the Hessian Landgraf Ludwig X. gave the castle for his many services in 1802, 1809 was almost all buildings and wall remains lay and the southern area a rectangular castle complex , the Albinischloss build.

The stone walls that connected the castle walls with the Dieburg city wall, the northern brook jump over the Gersprenz and the castle bridge from the 16th century have also been restored today.

To the east between the castle tower and Albini Castle, the neo-Gothic former district office of the old district of Dieburg was built in 1902/03 . The new district office built to the north was completely renovated and rebuilt in 2015-2017. After the work is finished, the northern view will be greatly changed.

The mill tower and a stump of the witch tower are still preserved from Dieburg's city ​​walls , which were demolished in the 19th century .

  • Floor plan of the castle complex with extensions (Albinischloss and district office) up to modern times (status: January 2013, district office is currently being rebuilt)

  • Albinischloss, district office and city wall connection from the south

  • Dieburg Castle: Access to the interior and Albini Castle

  • Remains of the moat of the old castle complex in the southwest with a view of the corner part of the Albini castle

literature

Late Gothic northeast tower (14th / 15th century) of the Dieburg castle complex, reconstructed in 1906.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 534f.
  • Klaus Lötzsch: A hall for the Staufen emperor Friedrich Barbarossa in the Gersprenzaue . In: Klaus Lötzsch and Georg Witteberger: Contributions to the history of the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg = Babenhausen once and now 31 (2004), pp. 97–106.
  • Peter Prüssing: The Staufer moated castle of Dieburg, Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Dieburg according to the results of an excavation in the northwestern castle area in 1991. Wiesbaden 1992. ISBN 3-89822-097-4 ( Archaeological Monuments in Hessen 97 )

Web links

Commons : Schloss Dieburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files