Elsterberg castle ruins
| Elsterberg castle ruins | ||
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 Elsterberg castle ruins |
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| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | Round towers, remains of walls, vaulted cellars, fountains | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Elsterberg | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 36 '34.5 " N , 12 ° 10' 14.8" E | |
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The castle ruins Elsterberg in an arch of the White Elster and on the northern edge of the old town of Elsterberg are the largest castle ruins in the Vogtland .
It was preceded by another castle, about 400 meters from the current ruin , above the confluence of the Tremnitzbach in the Elster, called "the old house". In the period from 1200 to 1225, the Lords of Lobdeburg built a new castle complex , which, with 1.5 hectares of built-up area, was one of the largest fortresses in Saxony . According to legend, the two castles are said to have been connected to each other via underground passages and a leather bridge (ladder bridge ).
The castle was destroyed in the Vogtland War in 1354 and then rebuilt until 1366. It has a double ring wall of considerable strength and five watchtowers and was the center of the Elsterberg rule . Three of the towers are in good condition. The former main building had a vastly vaulted knight's hall with an outside staircase . A castle well , uncovered in 1932 and once allegedly 26 meters deep, supplied the castle residents with water.
In 1395, the Margraves of Meißen acquired the castle complex, but pledged it to the von Wolframsdorf family as early as 1402 . The castle finally came into the possession of the von Bünau family in 1437 . The lords of Bünau sold them together with the city in 1636 to their relative Carol Bose . Since it was no longer inhabited under the subsequent owners since 1698, it fell into disrepair over time. On May 25, 1909, it was sold for 13,000 marks to the municipality of Elsterberg, which from then on endeavored to maintain the building.
The castle grounds are freely accessible. The renovated cellar vaults are used every year for festivities, especially for the local festivals that have been celebrated since 1883. The Heimatstube is located in one of the two preserved round towers .
literature
- Hermann Thiele: History of the Elsterberg Castle . Theodor Krumm, Elsterberg 1925.
- Elsterberg with Hohengrün, Vogtlandkreis. In: The northern Vogtland around Greiz (= values of the German homeland . Volume 68). 1st edition. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-412-09003-6 , pp. 326-335.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Elsterberg with Hohengrün, Vogtlandkreis. In: The northern Vogtland around Greiz (= values of the German homeland . Volume 68). 1st edition. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-412-09003-6 , pp. 328–329.