Emichsburg (Odenwald)

The Emichsburg is the ruin of a hunting lodge at 493  m above sea level. NHN in a forest east of the town of Eberbach in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg . It is located above Eberbach Castle and below the Katzenbuckels .

The hunting lodge was built in 1828 by Prince Karl von Leiningen . The building after was named Emichsburg in Bockenheim ( Pfalz ) that an old leiningisches was belonging. After the Prince's wedding, the house was enlarged in 1829 and a tower-like structure was added in 1830 . The Emichsburg had not been inhabited since 1840 and was partially demolished in 1844. The initially preserved tower and kitchen components were looted during the revolution in 1848 . In the second half of the 19th century the facility was finally abandoned.

The former hunting lodge was a small complex with a castle-like fortification , of which only a tower stump with remains of the wall can be seen. A hunting lodge and a shed were built on the remains , which are now in ruins.

In 1833, not far from Emichsburg, a lynx was last shot in the Odenwald.

Footnotes

1. ^ Georg Landau: Contributions to the history of hunting and falconry in Germany - The history of hunting and falconry in both Hesse , Kassel 1849, p. 226

literature

• Peter W. Sattler, Marion Sattler: Castles and palaces in the Odenwald. A guide to the historical sights . Edition Diesbach, Weinheim 2004, ISBN 3-936468-24-9 .
• Max Walter: On the history of the Emichsburg near Eberbach . In: Eberbacher Geschichtsblatt 58, 1959, ISSN  0724-4908 , pp. 32-40.

Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '7 "  N , 9 ° 1' 12.4"  E