Winterstein castle ruins (Waltershausen)
| Winterstein castle ruins | ||
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 Castle ruins in the center of Winterstein |
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| Creation time : | 1307 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Castle ruins, bailiwick building | |
| Place: | Waltershausen - Winterstein | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 52 '59.9 " N , 10 ° 27' 15.4" E | |
| Height: | 370 m above sea level NN | |
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The Winterstein castle ruin is a former moated castle in the center of the Winterstein district of the city of Waltershausen in the Gotha district ( Thuringia ).
The moated castle was built in 1307 by the Lords of Wangenheim , owners of the town of Winterstein, first mentioned in 1246, extensively renovated in 1513 , damaged together with the town in the course of the Thirty Years' War and fell into disrepair in 1638 and was not rebuilt. The bailiwick building was inhabited until the end of the 18th century.
On the castle grounds with the newly created castle park are the castle ruins with considerable wall remains with remains of Gothic pointed arched windows as well as the bailiwick building in half-timbered construction , a home parlor and a "house of the guest".
A second castle complex , the Sommerstein , is located on the southern outskirts.
Remarks
After a legend, a dog named "Stutzel" during the Thirty Years' War love messages to Gotha to have brought and have been buried by a nobleman of Wangenheim after their wedding in 1630 there.
Ludwig Bechstein published another legend in the Thuringian sagas he edited , according to which the dog Stutzel heard from the Jägermeister von Wangenheims and brought letters to Gotha, to Friedenstein Castle. The Jägermeister's widow had the dog buried in the local churchyard after his death. Only after protests was he buried in the castle ruins and given a tombstone.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Castle ruins Winterstein at burgen-und-schloesser.net
- ↑ Winterstein at mobile-geschichte.de
- ↑ " Where the Dog Is Buried " on Wikisource
- ↑ Note: The inscription on the tombstone handed down by Bechstein is not identical to that of the dog memorial located there today. Compare Bechstein p. 237 and photo .