Lviv Castle
| Lviv Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Castrum Lewenberc, Luxembourg | |
| Creation time : | around 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Lviv | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 10 '26 " N , 7 ° 39' 41" E | |
| Height: | 458 m above sea level NN | |
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The Lemberg castle is a medieval castle on the municipal area of the municipality of Lviv in the district Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate .
location
The hilltop castle is located on the Schloßberg at an altitude of 458 m and houses a castle information center for the Palatinate and Northern Vosges as well as a tavern built by the Palatinate Forest Association . Its exposed location allows a wide view of Lemberg and the surrounding wooded hills of the Wasgau .
history
In 1198 the abbot of passes monastery Hornbach Count Henry I of Zweibrücken the Gutinberc and Ruprehtisberc on which the Zweibrücker Count Castle Lviv and the outer bailey Ruppert stone built. The time of construction is assumed to be around 1200. The first mention of the "Castrum Lewenberc" by name dates back to 1230. In addition to other wall remains, the foundations of a chapel on the Schloßberg have been preserved. It was mentioned in 1502, but found coins and shards date back to the second half of the 13th century.
The first known castle man was Gozo von Lemberg, mentioned in 1269.
In 1333 the castle fell to Count Simon I, son of Eberhardt von Zweibrücken-Bitsch . Her descendant, Count Jakob von Zweibrücken-Bitsch, resided at the castle from 1535 to 1541 and turned it into a Renaissance castle. After his death in 1570, a dispute over the succession broke out, which the feudal lord of the castle, Duke Karl III. of Lorraine by occupying the castle by its own troops in 1572. In 1606 he reached an agreement with Count Johann Reinhard I von Hanau-Lichtenberg , Jacob's grandson, who was given the office of Lemberg, while Charles III. Bitche retains dominion .
The castle and town were occupied and looted during the Thirty Years' War from 1634 to 1635. In 1636 the castle was burned down and then only poorly restored.
In 1688, Louis XIV of France begins the War of the Palatinate Succession . He invokes the inheritance law of his sister-in-law, Lieselotte von der Pfalz . The background is his expansion plans, against which, however, an alliance of the German emperor , imperial princes , Spain and England is formed. In view of the overwhelming power, Louis XIV orders the Palatinate to be burned down. Presumably in October 1689, French troops razed the castle and even removed the keep .
After that, the location no longer has any military significance. The remains of the wall continue to deteriorate, usable stones are removed and used for other purposes, such as around 1746 to build a new village church. The castle has been a tourist destination since the 20th century . In 1953 the Palatinate Forest Association Lemberg renovated the castle and set up a castle tavern; Since 2001 a modern extension has served as a castle information center and for medieval events.
investment
A special feature of Lemberg Castle is the cistern shaft , also, incorrectly, called a well shaft . After 94.80 meters, the well graves had still not encountered groundwater. Therefore, the shaft was converted into a cistern and an almost horizontal tunnel was driven from the mountain slope towards the shaft. At a depth of around 60 meters, the tunnel meets the shaft after a length of almost 200 meters. A spring on the castle slope filled the shaft above the tunnel, which thus contained the desired water supply. All work was carried out with a hammer and chisel. Also noteworthy is the fact that the tunnel actually hit the shaft. The shaft turned out to be an archaeological site in several excavation campaigns in the 1990s, especially for the time the castle was destroyed in the 17th century.
Lviv Office
The Lemberg office comprised a few villages in what is now Lorraine , but was mainly in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate. This included the city of Pirmasens and 24 localities.
literature
- Steffen Bergner, Fridolin Reutti, Hans Klose: Palatinate Castle Lexicon. Vol. III (2005) (Ed. Institut f. Palatinate. History and Folklore Kaiserslautern) Pages 360–380 with an extensive list of references and a newly measured plan at the end of the book. ISBN 3-927754-51-X.
- Emil Guth, Lemberg: Village and castle through the ages - From the history of the former administrative center of Hanau-Lichtenberg and the annexes, courtyards and mills. With contributions from various other authors, published by self-publisher Ortgemeinde Lemberg 1984.
- Alexander Thon (Ed.): ... like a banned, inaccessible magic castle. Castles in the southern Palatinate . 2., verb. Aufl. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2005, pp. 86–89, ISBN 3-7954-1570-5 .
- Walter Herrmann: On Red Rock. Karlsruhe 2004, ISBN 3-7650-8286-4 , pp. 118 and 119.
- Paul Henry Jones: Historical journey through the Palatinate around 1840. Epubli Verlag Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-8442-4890-6 .
Web links
- Lviv Castle - Official homepage
- Entry on Lemberg Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board at Ruppertstein Castle
- ^ LANIS: Topographic Map. Retrieved August 9, 2020 .
- ^ Ruppertstein Castle
- ↑ a b c d Burgenwelt.de: History of Lemberg Castle