List of castles and palaces in the Speyer Monastery

This list includes castles, fortresses and palaces of the historical prince-bishopric Hochstift Speyer in the Holy Roman Empire. The territory of the bishopric stretched as a patchwork quilt across the present-day federal states of Baden-Württemberg , Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate and the French Alsace .

Explanation of the list

Structures without an article are visible as a red link , but then the most important data are listed in the corresponding line. Interesting features are listed in a separate section at the end.

• Name : gives the most famous name of the building as a castle , fortress or palace. Today's and other names are given in the articles.
• Location : Indicates in which municipality the building is or was or in which district it is located. The flag presented indicates the state or the French region.
• Type : Indicates the respective building type: For castles mostly according to their geographical allocation.
• Existence : Indicates that the castles belong to the historical territory of Hochstift Speyer. For the year of construction or the destruction, there are often unsecured data; the articles provide further information on this.
• Fate and conservation status : Provides more detailed information about the destruction or the transition to another territory; also describes the current state of the castle or fortress. "When disposed of is" a castle called when no residues are present
• Image: If possible, shows an appropriate photo, picture or drawing of the building or ruin. In some cases, only subsequent buildings need to be documented.

Castles, fortresses, palaces and residences

The list is currently still a selection and by no means complete.

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Surname	place	function	Duration	Whereabouts and state of preservation	image
Bishop's Palace	Speyer	Episcopal residence	1270-1689	destroyed
Bishop's Palace	Speyer	Episcopal residence	1703-1797	destroyed
Bruchsal Castle	Bruchsal	Episcopal residence	1720-1803	Museum, court
Hambach Castle	Hambach	Spurburg	1104-1688	destroyed; rebuilt
Hinterburg ( Alt-Schadeck )	Neckarsteinach	Spurburg	1100-1803	Destroyed in 1630; ruin
Hornberg Castle	Neckarzimmern	Spurburg	1259-1464	from 1825 partially repaired
Kirrweiler Castle	Kirrweiler (Palatinate)	Moated castle	1280-1689	destroyed
Kirrweiler Castle	Kirrweiler (Palatinate)	Moated castle	1720 - approx. 1790	Outbuildings
Kislau Castle	Bad Schönborn	Moated castle	1721-1675	severely damaged; overbuilt
Kislau Castle	Bad Schönborn	Hunting lodge	1252-1803	receive; Correctional facility
Lauterburger Castle	Lauterbourg	residence	-1678	destroyed
Lauterbourg Episcopal Palace	Lauterbourg	Residence, official seat	1716-1789	receive; school
Madenburg	Eschbach	Hilltop castle	1516-1689	destroyed; ruin
Marientraut Castle	Hanhofen	Wasserburg , Oberamt	1414-1700	destroyed
Marientraut Castle	Hanhofen	Moated castle	1722-1794	burned down; destroyed
Landeck Castle	Klingenmünster	Mountain fortress	1405-1709	to Kurpfalz ; Castle ruins well preserved
Udenheim Castle	Udenheim	Castle, residence	1371-1615	expanded to a fortress
Philippsburg Fortress	Philippsburg	Fortress city	1623-1801	looped and built over
Rauenberg Castle	Rauenberg	Castle, official residence	1737-1803	receive; Wine museum
Deidesheim Castle	Deidesheim	Moated castle , later built over with a castle, official seat	1292-1794	partially preserved; built over with town houses
today's bishopric	Speyer	Bishopric	1817–	former Vicariate Court

See also

• List of palatinate castles and fortresses
• List of Palatinate castles

literature

• Jürgen Keddigkeit (Ed.): Palatinate Castle Lexicon 1 - 4 . Institute for Palatinate History, Kaiserslautern 1999–2007.