Friedrichstal hunting lodge

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Obelisk, behind it the bottom of the former castle

The Friedrichstal hunting lodge was a hunting lodge owned by the princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen just under two kilometers southeast of today's Hechingen district of Boll above the Reichenbach .

history

Economic building

The castle was completely demolished in 1893, only the former castle economic building and a memorial stone in the form of an obelisk have survived. The castle was 29.76 meters long and 10.31 meters wide, the ends of the building formed risalites . On the southwest side there was an extension with stables, on the southeast side of the castle there was a large fruit and vegetable garden with a floor area of ​​70 × 90 meters.

The castle was built in 1729 by Prince Friedrich Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1688–1750), the builder of Lindich Castle , as a small hunting lodge using the specialized mining method. The economic building was erected at the same time and regularly leased as a princely domain in the following decades. Prince Joseph Friedrich (1717–1798) had it renewed in 1746. The last modernization was carried out by Prince Hermann Friedrich Otto (1748–1810) in 1805; the obelisk was also erected in the course of this construction project. After Prince Hermann's death, the castle was hardly used and fell into disrepair, which is why it later had to be demolished. The obelisk was completely restored in 2009 and moved to the south on the roadside.

literature

Commons : Jagdschloss Friedrichstal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Günter Schmitt : Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalb district . Published by the Zollernalbkreis district office, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0186-6 , pp. 348-349.

Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 23 ″  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 21 ″  E