Löwenstein castle ruins
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.jpg) Löwenstein Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Lindenschmitt Château de Lœwenstein |
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| Castle type : | Rock castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Reichsburg | |
| Place: | Wings | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 3 '11 " N , 7 ° 47' 11" E | |
| Height: | 530 m above sea level NN | |
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Löwenstein Castle (also Lindenschmitt ; French Château de Lœwenstein ) is the ruin of a medieval rock castle near Wingen in Alsace . It is located at a height of around 530 meters in the immediate vicinity of the Hohenburg , Wegelnburg and Fleckenstein . The castle is classified as a historic monument (Monument historique) under number PA00085241 .
history
The castle was first mentioned in the 13th century as an imperial fief of Wolfram von Löwenstein. In 1283 it was awarded to Johann Ochsenstein by the Roman-German King Rudolf von Habsburg .
In 1380 the castle was shared with Hensel Streif von Landenberg and in 1383 half of it was pledged to Johannes (Hanemann) I von Bitsch .
Just three years later, in 1386, the castle was destroyed by imperial vicar Johann von Lichtenberg due to robbery . It probably wasn't rebuilt.
The ruins were later owned by the Puller von Hohenburg (1482), the Counts of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (1485), the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1570) and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (1736).
What was left was destroyed by French troops under General Monclar in 1676/1677 .
investment
The castle rises on two closely adjacent rocks, east of the main castle , west of the bailey . Remnants of the stair tower , some rock stairs, a few walls and some rooms and passageways carved out of the rock have been preserved.
literature
- Nicolas Mengus, Jean-Michel Rudrauf: Châteaux forts et fortifications médiévales d′Alsace. Dictionnaire d′histoire et d′architecture . La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg 2013, ISBN 978-2-7165-0828-5 , pp. 200-201.
- Alexander Thon (Ed.): ... like a banned, inaccessible magic castle. Burgen in der Südpfalz, 2nd, improved edition, Regensburg 2005, ISBN 3-7954-1570-5 , pp. 96-99.
- Jürgen Keddigkeit , Jean-Michel Rudrauf, René Kill: Löwenstein (Lindenschmitt) . In: Jürgen Keddigkeit, Ulrich Burkhart, Rolf Übel (eds.): Palatinate Castle Lexicon . Vol. 3: I − N (= contributions to the history of the Palatinate . Vol. 12.3). Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore, Kaiserslautern, 2005. ISBN 3-927754-51-4 , pp. 465–476.
- Rüdiger Bernges: rock castles in Wasgau. Investigations of a special type of castle in the southern Palatinate Forest and in the northern Vosges. Warlich Druck, Wuppertal 2005, ISBN 3-930376-25-3 , pp. 79-83.
- Michael Frey: Attempt of a geographical-historical-statistical description of the judicial district of Zweibrücken in the royal. Bayer. Rheinkkreis, dermalen Pfalz , Neidhard, 1837. S. 249f, digitized