Altensteig Castle

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Old and New Castle

Altensteig Castle is a castle complex on the northern edge of the old town of Altensteig in the Calw district in Baden-Württemberg . The old castle emerged from a high medieval castle. The New Palace was built in the early 17th century. Today there is a museum in the old castle.

history

The castle , on the walls of which the old castle was built, probably dates from the 12th century. The castle was first mentioned in 1287, owned by the Counts of Hohenberg . Hermann , son of Margrave Rudolf von Baden , conquered the city, but had to return it to Count Burkhard von Hohenberg in 1288. In 1398 the Hohenbergers sold the Altensteig estate to the margraves of Baden. The castle became the seat of the Baden bailiffs .

In 1603 Altensteig came to the Duchy of Württemberg as part of an area swap . From 1605 Heinrich Schickhardt built the New Palace as the official and residence of the Württemberg upper bailiff. The old castle served as a fruit store from the 18th century.

description

North view with battlements and towers

Old castle

The lower part of the striking residential tower with a floor area of ​​around 11 meters by 16 meters consists of sandstone masonry. The construction method suggests that it was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. An Alemannic timber frame building was probably built on top of it in the 15th century . The cellar, Dürnitz , kitchen, living room and servants' rooms were housed on the six floors . The largest room, known today as the “Knight's Hall”, is on the second floor.

On the north side, the palace complex was protected by a wall with a battlement and two towers. The towers were once used as a prison. While the western tower called "Heaven" allowed a view of the outside through barred windows, the eastern tower called "Hell" contained a 15-meter-deep dungeon . The city wall was attached to the fortification.

Altensteig in Ramminger's Seebuch

New lock

The half-timbered building on a stone base is in front of the old castle on the valley side. In between there is a small courtyard. In Jacob Ramminger's Seebuch from 1613, the new castle is shown with two bay windows on the south side, which are no longer preserved.

use

From 1977 the state of Baden-Württemberg had the new castle renovated, which later housed the forest administration. In 1982, the renovation work began in the old castle. With the support of the local history and history association founded for this purpose, the museum in the old castle was opened in 1985 and expanded in the following years. In the historical rooms, the museum shows exhibits on the history of the region, on rafting and handicrafts in the Black Forest.

literature

  • Friedrich Kühbauch, Fritz Oechslen, Hans Peter Jäger: From the history of Altensteig and its districts. Wegra-Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-921546-24-9 , pp. 42-48.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Kühbauch: Castrum Altensteig. In: City of Altensteig (Ed.): Altensteig - 700 years of city history. 1987, pp. 6-12.
  2. ^ Fritz Kalmbach: In the footsteps of Heinrich Schickhardt in the city and office of Altensteig. In: District History Association Calw (Ed.): Once & Today. Contributions from the district history association Calw. Issue 19, 2009/2010, pp. 28–31.
  3. ^ Marianne Pancratz: The Museum in Altensteig. In: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Landkreis Calw (Hrsg.): Once & Today. Contributions from the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Landkreis Calw e. V. No. 1, 1990, pp. 47-49.

Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '12.1 "  N , 8 ° 36' 14.9"  E