Rabeneck castle ruins
| Weißenstein castle ruins | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Dillweissenstein | |
| Creation time : | around 1240 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Enclosing walls | |
| Standing position : | Nobles, counts | |
| Place: | Pforzheim - Dillweissenstein | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 52 '8.1 " N , 8 ° 40' 56.4" E | |
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The Weißenstein (Rabeneck) castle ruins , also known as Dillweißstein , are the ruins of a castle in the Dillweißstein district (Kräheneckstraße 4) in the city of Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg .
The name Rabeneck used for the castle is not of historical origin. The castle ruins have nothing to do with Rabeneck Castle or the patrician family of the same name .
Today the castle is used as a restaurant and youth hostel . Before 1835 only the name Burg Weißenstein was in use, since then Rabeneck has established itself.
History and layout
The castle was built by the Lords of Weißenstein around 1240 and was inhabited until 1295. Almost 300 meters as the crow flies on a mountain spur are the ruins of Kräheneck Castle, which was probably a defensive castle for Rabeneck. In the following time the castle is mentioned under frequently changing feudal rule . The Lords of Weißenstein were in feudal relationship with the Margraves of Baden. Further fiefs after 1444 were the lords of Kaltental , the lords of Ehingen and the lords of Neuhausen. At the end of the 16th century the castle fell to Martin von Remchingen .
In 1649 a citizen bought the castle and used it as a quarry with official permission. Rabeneck was a stretched, trapezoidal small complex with the remains of a former four-story residential building. The slaughtering of the ruins was not stopped until 1855 when the state of Baden acquired the remains. This probably happened on the initiative of the engineer Ludwig Naeher, who was very involved in monument protection.
In 1877, supporting pillars were installed as structural security measures. In 1885 some parts were secured again and partly torn down.
After the city of Pforzheim acquired the ruins, which still show the remains of the palace and the shield wall , it was converted into a youth hostel between 1958 and 1959. The cubic structure in the courtyard was built according to plans by the municipal building department. This building was replaced by a significantly larger new building between 1995 and 1996. The plans for this come from Ralf Rinnebach from the municipal building department. At the same time, some ruined walls were restored. The northern kennel wall was repaired from 1997 to 1998.
A vaulted cellar, which was filled in in 1958, was exposed and integrated again in the new building. Part of the defensive wall , which was then demolished without documentation, could not be reconstructed.
Web links
literature
- Christoph Timm: Pforzheim. Cultural monuments in the districts (= monument topography Baden-Württemberg. 2: Karlsruhe district. 10: Pforzheim district, districts. Vol. 2). Verlag Regionalkultur, Heidelberg et al. 2006, ISBN 3-89735-428-4 .
- Wolfgang Zimmermann: On the way to castles and palaces in the Black Forest. Excursions and hikes to the most beautiful and interesting castles and palaces. Fink-Kümmerly + Frey, Ostfildern 1981, ISBN 3-7718-0409-4 .