Hirschburg (Leutershausen)

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Hirschburg
Chunks of the keep

Chunks of the keep

Alternative name (s): Hirzberg Castle, Hirschberg Castle
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Construction: Granite quarry stone
Place: Hirschberg on Bergstrasse -Leutershausen
Geographical location 49 ° 29 '27.1 "  N , 8 ° 40' 35.7"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '27.1 "  N , 8 ° 40' 35.7"  E
Height: 300  m above sea level NN
Hirschburg (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Hirschburg

The Hirschburg , often also referred to as Hirschberg Castle, is the ruin of a high medieval hilltop castle above Leutershausen (formerly Liuthereshusen), a district of the Hirschberg community on Bergstrasse , in the Rhein-Neckar district in northwest Baden-Württemberg .

location

The ruin is located on the Hirschberg (formerly Hirzberg) at about 300 meters above sea level on the western edge of the Odenwald east of Leutershausen. A ravine leads from the castle to the higher-lying ruins of Schanzenköpfle, 500 meters south-east .

history

broken away and tilted remainder of the keep
Overview of the castle plateau

The castles on the Hirschberg and the Schanzenköpfle were probably both built by the noble family of the Hirschbergs (formerly Hirzberger). Based on the dating of broken fragments, it is assumed that the Schanzenköpfle was the original Hirschburg and was perhaps built at the beginning of the 12th century. The complex, now known as Hirschburg, was probably built by a branch of the family, the Strahlberger , around 1200. After the noble Hirschberger family with Eberhard von Hirzberg died out in the first quarter of the 13th century, the castle was taken over by the new feudal lords who were knighted now also called themselves "von Hirschberg".

The Hirschburg was probably inhabited until the early 14th century, when the Knights of Hirschberg built a large courtyard in Leutershausen. How long the castle fell into disrepair and when it was demolished or razed is not known.

investment

Layout

The castle rests on a molded spur that slopes down on three sides and connects to the mountain in the east. A ditch was dug there . On the 50-meter plateau the remains of the round are the keep of granite - quarried stone , which probably was not one of establishing plant, but was built in the 13th century.

literature

  • State Archive administration Baden-Württemberg in connection with d. Cities and districts Heidelberg u. Mannheim (Hrsg.): The city and districts Heidelberg and Mannheim: Official district description .
    • Vol. 3: The city of Mannheim and the municipalities of the Mannheim district . Karlsruhe 1970.
  • Hans Huth: The art monuments of the Mannheim district: Without the city of Schwetzingen . Munich 1967.
  • Achim Wendt: The "Schanzenköpfle". Or: where does the Strahlenburg come from? . In: Schriesheimer Jahrbuch 1 . 1997.
  • Rainer Kunze: The Hirschberg-Waldecker and their castles . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter New Series Vol. 5/1998 . Sigmaringen 1998, ISBN 3-7995-0959-3 .
  • Thomas Biller: Castles and palaces in the Odenwald: A guide to history and architecture . Regensburg 2005, ISBN 3-7954-1711-2 .
  • Thomas Steinmetz: New considerations on the early history of Hirschberg Castle on Bergstrasse - a connection between castle and mining? In: Castles and Palaces. Journal for Castle Research and Monument Preservation 49 Issue 3, 2008, ISSN  0007-6201 , pp. 161–168.

Web links

Commons : Hirschburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files