Lützelburg (Ottrott)
Lützelburg (Alsace) | ||
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View from the southwest |
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Alternative name (s): | Vorder-Lützelburg | |
Creation time : | 1200 to 1250 | |
Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
Conservation status: | ruin | |
Standing position : | Nobles | |
Construction: | reddish sandstone conglomerate | |
Place: | Ottrott | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 27 '41 " N , 7 ° 24' 29" E | |
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The Lützelburg , also known as the Vorder-Lützelburg , is the ruin of a hilltop castle near Ottrott in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace . It is part of the Ottrotter castles .
history
The castle probably dates from the first half of the 13th century. In 1372 it was possibly destroyed by Enguerrand VII. De Coucy . In 1392 the " Burgstall " was owned as an imperial fiefdom by the von Andlau , followed by the Rathsamhausen -Ehnweier in 1393. In 1570 it was at least partly in ruins again, in 1856/57 the castle was restored.
investment
The well-preserved pentagonal ruin with a round keep and shield wall is accessible to visitors as part of guided tours. The mantle wall castle is surrounded almost all around by a kennel and has a barbican in the north .
literature
- Thomas Biller: The “Ottrotter Schlösser”. Part 1: The Lützelburg. In: Burgen und Schlösser , 14 (1973), No. 2, pp. 83-93 ( digitized version from Heidelberg University Library ).
- Thomas Biller, Bernhard Metz: The castles of Alsace - architecture and history. Volume 3: The early Gothic castle building in Alsace (1250-1300) . Published by the Alemannic Institute Freiburg i. Br., Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-422-06132-0 , pp. 174-180.
- Les Amis des Châteaux d'Ottrott (Ed.): Châteaux d'Ottrott. Leur histoire, leur devenir. ID l'Édition, Bernardswiller 2018, ISBN 978-2-36701-140-0 .
Web links
- Amis des Châteaux d'Ottrott (French)
- Le château de Lutzelbourg (Ottrott) at chateauxforts-alsace.org (French)
- Château de Lutzelbourg / Lützelburg at burgenring.de