Hornstein ruins (Bingen)
| Hornstein ruins | ||
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 The castle chapel of the Hornstein ruins |
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| Creation time : | before 1244 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenenburg, valley edge location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Free nobles | |
| Construction: | Square and hump square masonry | |
| Place: | Bingen-Hornstein | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 6 '39 " N , 9 ° 15' 36" E | |
| Height: | 630 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Hornstein is a ruin in Bingen district Hornstein in the district of Sigmaringen ( Baden-Wuerttemberg ). It was first mentioned in 1244.
Geographical location
The former hilltop castle was located on a spur-like ridge above the Lauchert at around 630 m above sea level. NN .
history
The castle was owned by imperial knights and was first mentioned in a document in 1244. Before that, the Lords of Hornstein, already mentioned in the 11th century, probably sat in a castle in the Hornstein area.
As the ancestral seat of the noble family of the same name, the von Hornstein family , the castle went through several construction phases until it was converted into a stately baroque palace around 1700. In 1787 the Hornsteiners sold their property to the princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen .
In 1818 the Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen decreed that a Hohenzollern "Zucht- und Reformanstalt" should be set up in the castle. After the renovation, the institution started operating on December 14, 1818. The institution regulations also stipulated that people were admitted to the hospital. In 1850 the Hohenzollern principalities were annexed to Prussia . The Prussian state continued to run the institution, and in 1859 it became a penal and correctional institution for men. The female inmates were brought to Habsthal at the time. In 1869 the institution was closed.
In 1873 the facility was sold for demolition, the buildings were demolished and the walls left to decay. Only the castle chapel was preserved, a baroque gem in which the Christian annual cycle is maintained. From 1947 to 1962 the ruins were used as an open-air stage.
The Hornstein Ruin Association has been looking after the monument since 1988 . It is thanks to this association that the remains were structurally secured. Because the old walls were carefully renovated and restored until 1997, after which the cultural aspect came to the fore. In 2003 the tower room above the chapel was made accessible to the public. It can be reached via a spiral staircase. With the support of LEADER , workshops as well as office, sanitary and storage rooms were created.
Today, the Hornstein ruins have developed into a tourist attraction thanks to numerous events organized by the Friends' Association in recent years. Adventure-oriented offers for children are an integral part of the association's annual program. In addition, the most diverse events take place on the ruins, including the siege , the largest medieval spectacle in the district with knights, swordsmen, dancers, jugglers, fire-eaters and market stalls. Below the ruins in the Fäulesloch a stylish tent city will be built, which will be populated by performing Alemanni, Normans, nobles, Scots and Vikings.
sightseeing
The ruin is open to the public. In the castle chapel there are carvings by Franz Magnus Hops and in the stucco marble altar there is a 132 centimeter high stucco alabaster corpus of the Crucified, created by Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (1696–1770).
photos
The northern part of the Hornstein ruins
The remains of the tower in the southern part of the Hornstein ruins
The southern part of the Hornstein ruins
Interior of the chapel
literature
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 355–357.
- Stefan Uhl, Edwin Ernst Weber: Hornstein. Contributions to the history of the castle, family and rule . Sigmaringen 1997.
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 3 - Danube Valley: Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , pp. 9-16.
Web links
- Entry on Hornstein, ruin in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- Friends of the Hornstein Ruin
- Hornstein ruins on the burgenwelt.de site
- Reconstruction drawing in the medieval state by Wolfgang Braun
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hornstein ruins . In: Südkurier of September 7, 2002
- ↑ Copper engraving of the breeding and working house Schloss Hornstein near Sigmaringen see Falko Hahn (fah): The love affair of Mariana Längle . In: Südkurier from September 20, 2008
- ^ Karlheinz Fahlbusch (kf): HZG plays open-air theater . In: Südkurier of July 16, 2003
- ↑ Sabine Rösch: One-time: Support association receives subsidy. Hornstein ruins are in urgent need of renovation - without EU funds, the cash register is empty. In: Schwäbische Zeitung from February 23, 2011
- ↑ Karlheinz Fahlbusch (kf): Hornstein has a ghost again . In: Südkurier from August 19, 2003
- ^ Karlheinz Fahlbusch (kf): 540,000 euros in grants for the region . In: Südkurier from April 5, 2005
- ^ Stefan Schneider: Historical spectacle. Knights make ruins unsafe . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from June 15, 2010
- ^ Karlheinz Fahlbusch (kf): Knights, Recken and Ruins . In: Südkurier from June 16, 2010