Achberg Castle

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Achberg Castle
Achberg Castle, gate entrance

The baroque Achberg Castle stands at an altitude of about 492  m above sea level. NN in the extreme south of the Ravensburg district in the Baden-Württemberg community of Achberg .

history

The previous building of today's castle from the 17th century, a medieval fortified castle , gave the Achberg rule its name . In 1691 the Landkomtur Franz Benedikt von Baden acquired the Achberg rule for the Teutonic Order . In keeping with his aristocratic status, he had the castle expanded from 1693 to 1700. For example, the ballroom of the palace was furnished with rich stucco . Today, its ceiling is one of the most detailed in southern Germany. The castle then lost its importance, as the order of knights only rarely used the complex until 1805. Today the coat of arms of the order above the entrance portal of the castle testifies to the time under the Teutonic Order.

In 1806 Achberg came into the possession of the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as part of the secularization and in 1849 went with this as part of the Hohenzollern Lands to Prussia as its southernmost part in 1849 . Achberg Castle was privately owned by the Hohenzollern family until 1982 . Its sale made it an object of construction speculation before the Ravensburg district acquired it in 1988.

The Association for the Preservation of Achberg Castle e. V. campaigned successfully from 1989 to 1994 for a comprehensive renovation and repair of the facility.

Todays use

In the spring of 1995 the castle was opened to the public again and can be visited on weekends between May and October. Since then, an art exhibition of the district has taken place there every year, while the knight's hall is used for song recitals and chamber concerts. A restaurant on the castle grounds offers regional specialties from the Allgäu .

literature

  • Udo Arnold: Achberg Castle and the German Order . In: Society for History and Home Care e. V. (Ed.): Contributions to the cultural history of Altshausen and the surrounding area . 2/19/1996, pp. 5-24.
  • Own business culture in the district of Ravensburg (ed.): Achberg Castle - fortunate enough. Walk through a baroque gem. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-89870-936-1
  • Irene Pill-Rademacher (Ed.): Achberg Castle. Approaching a baroque gem of Upper Swabia . Oberschwäbische Verlagsanstalt, Ravensburg 1999, ISBN 3-926891-23-8 .
  • Hans Ulrich Rudolf (eds.), Berthold Büchele, Ursula Rückgauer: Places of rule and power - castles and palaces in the Ravensburg district . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0508-6 , pp. 3-6.
  • Anke Sprenger, Kai-Michael Sprenger: Old and new pictures of Achberg Castle . In: In the Oberland . No. 1, 2010, ISSN  0939-8864 , pp. 58-63.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Achberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '53.9 "  N , 9 ° 42' 47.3"  E