Bartenstein (Schrozberg)

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Bartenstein
City of Schrozberg
Two upright, turned away, silver beards in blue on a floating golden three-mountain
Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ′ 20 ″  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 1 ″  E
Height : 433 m above sea level NN
Area : 1.64 km²
Residents : 350  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 213 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Incorporated into: Schrozberg
Postal code : 74575
Area code : 07936
Aerial view of Bartenstein 2019, seen from the east
Aerial view of Bartenstein 2019, seen from the east

The former town of Bartenstein has been part of the town of Schrozberg in the Schwäbisch Hall district in the Franconian north-east of Baden-Württemberg since January 1, 1973 . The hamlet of Klopfhof and the homestead Wengertshof also belong to the 164 hectare Bartenstein district ; Bartenstein has a total of 350 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) .

Bartenstein is perhaps the least among the planned scale residential towns of the Baroque period . Despite changes to some of the town houses, the ensemble of palace and city complex is overall very well preserved. The overall baroque impression of the place remained unchanged. That is why the historical area was placed under overall plant protection.

Bartenstein south view 2020, photo from the direction of Ettenhausen

The photo of the south side shows the largely original baroque house front, starting on the left with the castle, then to the east the houses of the highest court officials. The trees in the courtyard garden can be seen above.

Geographical location

The place is mostly on a spur almost 80 meters above the Ette valley . The Katzenbach runs on the south side of Bartenstein and the Gütbach flows from the right to the Ette from the northwest. The neighboring village of Ettenhausen is located directly under the spur in its own district marking . The hamlet of Klopfhof and the Wengertshof in the Gütbachtal as well as part of the ridge beyond the Katzenbachtal cut in the south before the right Ette upper course Eselsbach belong to the Bartensteiner district.

Bartenstein's through-road at Schlossplatz becomes almost a kilometer-long Schlossstrasse leading to the east, extends at the “Linde” stop to Riedbacher Strasse and, from the end of the village, runs as the K2539 district road for around 1.2 kilometers to the B290 federal road (Kaiserstrasse), connects the cities of Bad Mergentheim and Crailsheim in a north-south direction.

history

Early history

Seal of the Knights of Bartenstein from a deed of donation from 1234. At the same time, it is the oldest known document of this knight family.
Bartenstein's coat of arms
Bartenstein Castle in Hohenlohe, engraving from Meissner's little treasure chest around 1635

The name of the place goes back to the Knights of Bartenstein , mentioned in a document in 1234 , who had their lordship here ( Herrschaft Bartenstein ). Her coat of arms was three axes pointing to the left. The coat of arms on the right, which shows two upright, turned away, silver beards in blue on a floating golden three-mountain, was carried by the city of Bartenstein from around 1880 until the incorporation, but is a historical error, as it refers to the extinct lower noble family of Bartelstein ( Schloss Bartelstein ) goes back. In the period from 1302 to 1334, the knights of Bartenstein received several surrounding villages from the Bishop of Würzburg as fiefs, including the jurisdiction of Riedbach . Thus, the Zent Bartenstein with the associated central jurisdiction was probably created in the first half of the 14th century. After the knights of Bartenstein died out around 1350, the castle became the property of the von Seldeneck family . From 1419 parts of the property were sold to von Rosenberg zu Röttingen; they then called themselves Rosenberg zu Bartenstein. They held the property until around 1440. In the period from 1442 to 1445, the Horneck von Hornberg had shares in Bartenstein Castle. Bartenstein was from 1419 to about 1455 Ganerbenburg . From 1440 the Counts of Hohenlohe gradually bought up the shares in Rosenberg, Seldeneck and Hornberg. Around 1455 Bartenstein Castle and Office was the sole property of Count Albrecht von Hohenlohe .

Residence of the Counts and Princes of Hohenlohe

In 1688 the castle became the residence of the Counts of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein . At that time the place consisted of only four buildings: an old sheep barn, a new sheep barn, a hunter's house, later the Gasthaus zum Grünen Baum, and a tithe barn. This hamlet was about 1 km east of the castle.

In contrast to the other Hohenloh residences, Bartenstein has not grown, but rather a baroque town complex that was planned on the drawing board and built between 1720 and 1770. The buildings had to be erected to accommodate the subjects who were necessary for the reconstruction of the palace, the administration of the county and upper office and the supply of the court. The elevation to the imperial princes led to the enlargement of the court. It comprised around one hundred servants, from the court marshal to the court musician to the kitchen boy. For the expansion and supply of the town and castle, able Catholic craftsmen, civil servants and merchants were settled according to their importance for the court: the higher their position, the closer they lived to the castle. The highest court officials such as the court marshal, cupbearer, table decker and personal doctor lived on Schlossplatz. Government councilors and court councilors lived in the stately buildings adjoining to the east. This was followed by craftsmen who had a so-called court privilege. These included court button makers, court stocking knitters, court wig makers, court sculptors, court ropers, etc., a total of over 40 craftsmen with this privilege.

Outside the city, beyond the city gates, craftsmen were settled who were to be kept away from the castle because of their odor nuisance or because of noise and fire, such as blacksmiths, tanners, brickworkers and stove workers. This professional group lived mainly in simple, one-story houses from the Riedbach gate to the east. In the early days of the residence, soldiers were quartered here to protect the city. On the panorama picture you can see the alignment of the city to the castle. Under Prince Ludwig Leopold, who resided here with his court, the young city flourished and brought the residents modest prosperity. The famous prince-bishop-Fulda court architect Andrea Gallasini ended his important life's work in Bartenstein with the plan for the entire baroque complex. After his death in 1766, the final construction work, such as the construction of the three city gates, completion of the palace square and various building measures in the courtyard garden, were supervised and completed by his successors, court architect Wölfling and court architect Ernst. Almost all buildings that were built in Bartenstein up to 1770/80 were initially paid for by the court chamber and then sold to the intended users for flat rates. The prices ranged between 200 guilders and 1000 guilders, depending on the size of the shares. At that time the court marshal earned 300 guilders a year.

In 1792 the Hohenlohe-Bartenstein Jägerregiment was set up here. Together with the Fusilier Regiment Hohenlohe- Schillingsfürst , they later formed the Hohenlohe Regiment , which was incorporated into the French Foreign Legion in 1831 .

The following offices belonged to the Principality of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein around 1800: Bartenstein, Herrenzimmern, Schnelldorf , Sindringen , Pfedelbach , Mainhardt . In addition there were possessions in Oberbronn in Alsace . Pfedelbach Castle was still owned by the Princes of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein until 1960 . On the basis of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the princes of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein were compensated for the removal of the possessions in Alsace by prince-bishop's Würzburg possessions near Bartenstein.

Counts and princes of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein from 1688 to 1806

Hohenlohe-Bartenstein was created in 1688 from a Waldenburg division as a county, (since 1743/44 principality) with all rights and obligations. The independent territory was incorporated into the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806, the government of the Prince and the Oberamt Bartenstein dissolved. The remaining court councilors and court servants had to swear allegiance to the King of Württemberg. The following princes were from this point on rulers. Government order and times:

Oberamt and city before mediatization

In 1688 the Hohenlohe-Bartenstein House emerged as an independent part of the Hohenlohe House as a whole from an inheritance division of the Hohenlohe-Waldenburg County. To the county, the later principality, belonged several upper offices, besides Bartenstein z. B. Pfedelbach and Oberbronn in Alsace . The seat of the princely central authorities (secret cabinet, government, court chamber and court chamber court) was Bartenstein. In 1786 an execution was carried out directly on what is now the B290. The Oberamt Bartenstein with the offices Bartenstein, Gröningen (the area around Untergröningen ), Schnelldorf and Mainhardt had its seat in the residential town of Bartenstein. The office building of the chief bailiff was located between the Gasthaus zum Löwen and the residence of the court building director Gallasini. One of the senior officials was beaten up in 1765 by two officers from Hohenlohe-Bartenstein. They lived opposite in the "Long Building". Both were sentenced to heavy sentences. Around 1760 the first city ​​school was appointed in Bartenstein , from this point on the residence had city rights. The first Schultes known by name was the court baker. He probably still had his official residence in the court bakery near the Gasthaus zum Löwen. The Stadtschultheißenamt, later the town hall, was centrally located in the village for the next 200 years, in various buildings around the market square.

Württemberg time

After the Hohenlohe possessions were taken over by the Kingdom of Württemberg in the course of mediatization , Bartenstein's city rights were initially retained in 1806, but the senior official function including jurisdiction was lost. The Bartenstein office was split up and largely assigned to the Württemberg Oberamt Gerabronn .

From 1800 the abandonment of the court, the assumption of government by Württemberg , the turmoil of war and famine led to an economic decline. Some residents emigrated to America or England because of the depressing situation. Bartenstein became so impoverished in the first half of the 19th century that it was under state supervision from 1855 to 1862. The houses of the former court officials were gradually taken over by craftsmen. Due to the diligence of the residents, the small town later developed into a regional center with numerous shops, craft workshops, schools, restaurants, a retirement home and a hospital.

Because of the numerous traders, the shops, the crafts, the doctors, the hospital and the schools, the city continued to have a central economic importance for the immediate surrounding area.

During the administrative reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg , Bartenstein came to the Crailsheim district in 1938 .

post war period

In 1945, Bartenstein became part of the American zone of occupation and thus belonged to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Baden , which in 1952 was incorporated into the current state of Baden-Württemberg.

In 1956 the first Federal President at the time, Theodor Heuss, stayed in the town, and in 1981 the fifth Federal President Karl Carstens wandered through it .

Up until around 1960 there was a craft or commercial enterprise in almost every house in Bartenstein. At that time the place was still important for the supply in the entire area. On January 1, 1973, Bartenstein became part of Schrozberg in the Schwäbisch Hall district as part of the community reform.

Baroque city layout

Riedbachtor, formerly called Rothenburger Tor; built in 1767 according to plans by Gallasini
Marktplatz fountain and Schlossstrasse in Bartenstein 2020, on the right in the picture the courtyard garden wall, on the left the baroque officials' houses. In the background the Prince's Palace

Bartenstein is one of the few remaining purely baroque small residences in Germany. The city complex with its simple baroque houses is oriented towards the castle. In the historic city center of Bartenstein, which is a listed building as a whole , numerous houses from the 18th century, including two city ​​gates as symbols of the baroque city complex, are still preserved. There are stately buildings on Schlossplatz that form a unit with the castle. The highest court officials such as court marshal and cupbearer lived there . The Schlossstrasse, which runs from the castle in an easterly direction, is bordered on one side by the courtyard garden. Opposite are the stately court officials' houses, which were built by Gallasini in the style of the simple classic French Baroque. After about 300 meters, Schlossstrasse bends slightly and the Hofbaumeisterhaus closes the view from the castle into Schlossstrasse to the east. The inner city center is still bounded by two preserved city gates; T. one-story craftsmen's houses. Bartenstein still presented itself today as a “stone-turned image of the baroque court of a small Hohenlohe residence” and as a lovable town with idyllic corners. The writer and Büchner Prize winner Hermann Lenz was inspired by his visits here.

From 1988 to 1989 the place was redesigned as part of a village development program. Among other things, the long Schlossstrasse was redesigned and greened, numerous trees were planted, two new fountains and new street lighting were installed.

A historical circular route with 30 house signs reminds us of the glamorous epoch of the residential town and the long-forgotten fates of the residents. From the entrance to the village, the path runs along Schlossstrasse, through Riedbach- and Gütbachtor, past the Hofgarten, over Schlossplatz to Wäldlesgasse. The adjacent plan of the listed district illustrates the location of the marked houses. A nature trail connects to the castle relay south of the castle square.

Bartensteiner house boards

City gates

Klopfhoftor around 1900, burned down in 1945 after an American tank was shot down in front of the gate
Klopfhoftor keystone with Latin inscription from 1767

Bartenstein originally had three city gates. They were planned by the court building director Gallasini as a representative part of the baroque residence and built by the court mason in 1767. The gates separated the inner city district from the suburb, had no fortress character and were inhabited. In the invoices of the court mason, each was named after the next larger town to which the covered road led. The Rothenburg Gate on the road to Rothenburg ob der Tauber is now called the Riedbach Gate . The detention cell was housed in it, the clerk lived in the adjoining room. As recently as the middle of the 20th century, detainees were incarcerated here. The Red Gate, also called Klopfhoftor, led to the Klopfhof, a hamlet one kilometer away. It was the most magnificent gate and was destroyed at the end of the Second World War. On the keystone above the archway was written in Latin: Ludovicus Fürst in Bartenstein built me. The Stettener Tor on the avenue to Niederstetten is now called the Gütbachtor. In order to keep “foreign subjects” away from the city center after the police hour, the gates were closed in the evening. Travelers who wanted to go to the residence then had to spend the night in the inns outside the gates. These were z. B. the tavern "zum Kaiser" opposite the cemetery, or the inn "Lamm" at the Gütbachtor. With the completion of the gates, the baroque reconstruction phase of the palace and city complex was largely complete. Until then, only the city center was paved with a central drainage channel. Then the Schlossstrasse in the suburb was paved. A few years later the guard building in Schlossstrasse (next to Gasthaus zum Löwen) was demolished and the Oberamtshaus was built in its place. At the end of 2003, a truck that was too tall got stuck in the arch of the Riedbach Gate, damaging the west facade in particular. The historic building was in danger of collapsing and was rebuilt by mid-2004, with the west facade and arch being redesigned.

Bartenstein Castle

Bartenstein Castle
Bartenstein Castle. Baroque three-wing complex, built around 1760

The Lords of Bartenstein had their dominion center on the castle in the 13th century, after various changes of ownership the castle became the seat of a Hohenlohe bailiff in the middle of the 15th century. The castle was destroyed during the Peasants' War and the Thirty Years War . On a mountain spur above the Ette , the dilapidated buildings were converted into a castle for the Counts of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein from 1710. One of the first significant building measures by Count Philipp Karl zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein was the construction of the Catholic court church from 1712. His son, Karl Philipp Franz zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein , Reich Chamberlain in Wetzlar, hired the 80-year-old Prince-Bishop-Fulda court architect Gallasini as building director in 1760 to Bartenstein. During the baroque renovation, Gallasini skilfully integrated older building elements and created an impressive three-wing system by 1765. Today the building is one of the prime examples of Hohenlohe baroque residences. The more structured design of the four-storey central building towers over the simpler castle wings. The carved alliance coat of arms of Hohenlohe- Limburg above the central projection used to have the colors of the coat of arms. It comes from Prince Ludwig Carl Franz Leopold zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (1731–1799) and his wife Friederike Polyxena von Limburg-Stirum . From the entrance area, a symmetrically arranged double-flight staircase swings elegantly over two floors to the representative rooms. Up to 80 horses stood in the former stables of the south wing during the heyday of the royal court. The long corridors above are equipped with impressive ancestral galleries. The court library is located opposite in the north wing. It connects the main building with the castle church . A huge wrought-iron latticework once divided the inner and outer courtyard. Soldiers stood guard there. Based on the French model in the sense of a Place Royale, the palace and palace square form a unit. According to plans by Gallasini between 1762 and 1767, the western Schlossstrasse was led linearly from the Hofbaumeisterhaus to the castle and ends at Schlossplatz. In this way, the baroque palace area received an additional optical extension. This arrangement can be clearly seen on the sketch of the Bartenstein house boards.

The castle is inhabited and still owned by the Hohenlohe-Bartenstein family.

The palace and palace courtyard can only be viewed on guided tours. Civil weddings can be held in the castle.

Castle Church

Bartenstein Castle, court church, organ prospect with baroque royal box

The castle church of St. Philippus was built on behalf of the first Count of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, Philipp Karl, and consecrated in 1716. With the completion of the mighty church tower in 1728 the building of the church was completed. As a symbol of the Catholic denomination, the church has since represented the Catholic faith in the midst of a Protestant environment. The responsible builder Bernhard Schießer was a student of Georg Dientzenhofer and previously worked on the baroque renovation of Schöntal Abbey . The exterior view of the church stands out from the facade of the castle through arched windows and pilaster strips . After 300 years, the harmonious hall church appears as a quiet, baroque total work of art.

Master carpenter Matthias Deichelmann from Kitzingen made the high altar and the huge royal box with organ front . Architectural style elements such as circular segments , columns and carvings in walnut wood are repeated in its fixtures and thus reinforce the impression of stylistic unity. He masterfully integrated the main and side altars, confessionals and pulpit into his overall work. The Würzburg organ builder Karl Hiltenbrand constructed the organ with ten registers . It is still used today. The inscription on the organ "Sophia me fecit" refers to the donor Princess Sophia. Attentive viewers will recognize faces painted on the organ pipes. Stucco work goes back to Daniel Schenk, who previously worked at Pommersfelden Castle. Pilasters with a Corinthian capital, connected with banding, stretch the height of the church. The ceiling frescoes were created by Lazaro Maria Sanguinetti . They represent the Holy Trinity . Mary , prophets and other biblical figures form a so-called "heaven of saints". Turkish arms as sconces remind of the successfully ended Turkish wars of that time. Simple stations of the cross adorn the walls. The wooden statues probably go back to the court sculptor Philipp Hochstein. Original pews with carved rocailles complete the harmonious overall impression. Nothing has been changed since it was completed. The princely castle church is open for services and weddings and can also be visited as part of the guided tours.

Princely Bartenstein gardens and parks

At the time the residence was in bloom, Bartenstein had three gardens and parks: the representative courtyard garden was laid out in the immediate vicinity of the castle , opposite Käpplesgasse was the fruit and vegetable garden behind the former princely domain as a kitchen garden and the pleasure park was located between Bartenstein and Riedbach .

Courtyard garden

Pavilion in the courtyard garden, built around 1765 based on plans by Gallasini, in 1953 the traffic light was raised to the first floor after war damage

The Hofgarten is located between Klopfhofstraße, Schlossstraße and Käppelesgasse .

The court garden is mentioned in documents as early as 1686, because the original summer garden of the palace was to be converted into a garden. In the north-south orientation it has an original dimension of about 350 × 200 m. In the course of the further expansion of the newly laid out western Schlossstrasse, it was shortened in the south around 1760 and provided with a retaining wall and terraces. During the baroque period, the garden was furnished with numerous fixtures and sculptures, and the paths were lined with borders and bosquets .

Today there are two buildings in the courtyard garden, the pavilion and the orangery . Prince Ludwig Leopold had the pavilion, the so-called pagod , built as the middle of three pleasure houses. It served the court society for celebrations in intimate circles. The building was badly damaged in World War II and in 1953 the traffic light was raised to the first floor. Behind it in the English garden was a small oval lake, which is now filled in. The orangery on the west side was built in 1914 to replace the previous Baroque building from 1768.

There is nothing left of the other earlier buildings in the Hofgarten. A theater building, called the Komödienhaus in old documents , was no longer used after the court was dissolved and twenty years after the last glamorous performances were auctioned off for demolition in 1817. The exact location can no longer be determined today, because the location of the theater is no longer entered on the original map from 1834. In the park there was also a bowling alley with a slate-roofed bowling house.

The Hofgarten was the scene of numerous festivals and theater performances, including Mozart's Magic Flute in the winter of 1796 . Well-known court musicians were employed at the Fürstenhof. Ignaz von Beeke and Franz Christoph Neubauer around 1785 are known . In the period from 1786 to 1798, Johann Evangelist Brandl , another renowned court conductor of the time, was in the service of Bartenstein. Johann Evangelist Brandl then moved to Bruchsal as court music director at the court of the Prince-Bishop of August von Limburg-Stirum . What was remarkable about the quality of Bartenstein's musical life was that the events were reinforced by professional musicians, members of the Princely House, court employees and residents of the Residenz.

The courtyard garden is not open to the public.

Fruit and vegetable garden with a princely domain

To the east of Käpplesgasse, where a large meadow lies in the middle of the town today, was the princely domain with a kitchen garden behind it until 1998. This was created in the 18th century with the expansion of the residence as a princely vegetable garden in the eastern connection to the Hofgut, which burned down in 1998, whose two large timber-framed buildings adjoining at an angle formed the eastern edge of the Käppelesgasse. In a plan from 1799 and in the historical land register plan from 1834, the spacious garden is shown with a rectangular network of paths and subdivided inner areas. In addition to the palace and court gardens, which were created for representational purposes, the princely kitchen garden is of great importance for the history of court rulings in the 18th century, even after losing its original purpose as a historical garden area. in Bartenstein and belongs to the original historical usage complex of the castle economy in Käppelesgasse. The area is therefore integrated into the overall system protection as a “green space worth preserving”. The splendid courtyard, which was in princely possession to the end, burned down completely on September 22, 1998. The huge fire spread rapidly and caused damage of around one million Deutschmarks. The tenant lost some of his dairy cows and neighboring buildings were also damaged.

Pleasure garden

Sketch of Jungholz with zoo and Schlössleinsfeld around 1780

Between Bartenstein and Riedbach on the old Kaiserstraße, today the B 290, was the pleasure park with a zoo and a hunting lodge.

As early as 1420, the young wood was listed as a grove in the Seldeneck valid book. In the 18th century a coherent complex was created from the newly established zoo and hunting and pleasure park. A drawbridge blocked access to the young wood. There were two little lakes with islands in the middle. On the northern island there was a pavilion with a bowling alley. It was demolished in 1832. On the southern island there was a round wooden pavilion, from which paths and aisles branched off in a star shape. They served as hunting aisles. Some of these paths can still be seen today. Opposite the Jungholz is the Gewann Schlössleinsfeld. In 1756, Prince Carl Philipp had a trapezoidal lake dug here and fencing the entire area. A little later, a pleasure palace with swings and various play equipment was built above the lake. Herds of deer were kept in the fenced area. The castle and the pavilions were demolished around 1835. With the exception of the islands, the two hunting mounds in the zoo and the silted-up Tiergarten lake, there are only a few indications of a landscaping design from the entire complex.

Personalities

Population development

Sources: 1847: Description of the Oberamt Gerabronn, Bartenstein municipality, 1852-1970: State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg, 1972, 1999: City of Schrozberg (year book), 2019: City of Schrozberg (bulletin)

politics

Mayor and Mayor

Mayor of Bartenstein:

Mayor of Bartenstein:

  • Fritz Kinzy (1972–1977)
  • Fritz Hofmann (1977–1984)
  • Friedrich Jackelsberger (1984-1989)
  • Rose-Marie Nauber (1989-2019)
  • Johannes Strecker (since 2019)

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: Two upright, turned away, silver beards in blue on a floating golden three-mountain

Town twinning

PolandPoland Bartoszyce (Bartenstein, East Prussia)

In 1952, at the instigation of the then mayor Brauns, a home meeting of the expellees from the East Prussian Bartenstein (today Bartoszyce in Poland ) with over 1200 visitors took place in Bartenstein . Historical relationships between the two cities with the same name are not known, but the two city coats of arms are similar. At this home meeting, the Württemberg town of Bartenstein solemnly took over the sponsorship of the East Prussian namesake. With this, the two places established the oldest East Prussian sponsorship in Baden-Württemberg. In the years that followed, this friendship was repeatedly reinforced with mutual, well-attended home meetings. Since 1953 in Bartenstein, shortly after the Gütbacher Tor, there has been a memorial " Ostlandkreuz ", a 16 meter high wooden cross. In the following anniversary years, memorial stones and information boards followed. In 1956 the MS “Bartenstein” of the “ Norddeutsche Lloyd Bremen ” was launched, pictures of both cities adorn the interior of the ship. In 1983, the former mayor of Brauns received the Federal Cross of Merit for his efforts .

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Image of the sponsorship certificate Bartenstein / Württ. to Bartenstein / Ostpr. as an information board at the Ostlandkreuz monument

Culture and events

At the time of the Princes of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, the palace and the courtyard garden were Bartenstein's cultural center. Among other things, in the winter of 1796 a specially built theater in the courtyard garden performed the opera “ Die Zauberflöte ” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . This first performance of Mozart's opera in Hohenlohe was spectacular in two ways. The Magic Flute is one of Mozart's last works and was premiered in a Viennese theater shortly before his death in 1791. In the following years there were premieres in many larger cities in Germany and Austria. If you put Bartenstein in relation to these performance venues - Vienna , Prague , Budapest , Leipzig , etc. - then the little town, which had barely more than 1000 inhabitants, was very close to current musical events. The Bartenstein performance of the Magic Flute was astonishing in another respect as well. The European courts and the big cities that were soon performing the opera all had professional orchestras with professional musicians. In Bartenstein, however, lay people acted . Hereditary Prince Ludwig Aloys sang and played Tamino, his brother Prince Karl Joseph, who later became Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg, Sarastro and Hofrat von Godin the Papageno. Other vocal and instrumental parts were taken over by servants and citizens from Bartenstein. In addition to the Magic Flute, other operas were also performed in Bartenstein.

In the post-war period, the “Ochsenscheuer” was the new Bartensteiner cultural center behind the Gasthaus zum Ochsen in Schlossstrasse. Numerous festivals and dance events took place there. Around 140 guests and a stage found space in the large hall in the basement of the barn. There was also a weekly cinema. In 1961 the era of the ox shear ended as the central meeting point with the new hall. In 2007 the half-timbered and brick building was demolished.

From 1971 to 1990 the military museum operated by Prince Ferdinand zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein was located in the castle.

In 1972 the art group "Bartensteiner Kreis eV" was founded. The first exhibition took place in 1973 at Bartenstein Castle. Today various artists work in the castle, including Martin Schwarz .

Today Bartenstein is well known nationwide for its Easter market with flea and flea market on Easter Monday . The flea market, which first took place in 1992, is now one of the largest in the region and attracts many thousands of visitors to Bartenstein's old town once a year. Mostly antiques and junk are traded while the local clubs serve. A classic car meeting takes place the day before .

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Well-attended Bartensteiner Easter market, view from the archway towards the market square, Easter Monday 2015

Club life

Bartenstein has had a very active club life for a long time and to this day. The small town currently has eight clubs: the local community Bartenstein, the gymnastics and sports club TSV Bartenstein founded in 1878 with its own sports facility on Jungholz, the volunteer fire brigade Schrozberg Department Bartenstein (in future "Dept. Schrozberg-West" together with Ettenhausen and Riedbach at the Bartenstein location ), the Bartenstein Small Animal Breeding Association, the Bartenstein-Ettenhausen Singing Community, the Bartenstein Swabian Alb Association , the Bartenstein / Ettenhausen Angelsport Association and the Bartenstein VDK .

See also

literature

  • Pia Wüst: Bartenstein Castle and the castle building activities of the Counts and Princes of Hohenlohe in the 18th century . Diss. Osnabrück 2002.
  • A. and C. Reimann: Bartenstein as it used to be, by craftsmen, councilors and lackeys . Niederstetten 2009.
  • Ulrich Feldhahn: Castle Tour Baden-Württemberg . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2005, ISBN 3-935590-63-6 .
  • Ulrike Plate: The court garden in Bartenstein. The scene of princely festivals. In: Monument Preservation in Baden-Württemberg , 35th year 2006, issue 3, pp. 144–146 ( PDF )
  • Sabine Weyrauch: Bartenstein Castle. In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg , 29th year 2000, issue 4, pp. 245–248. ( PDF )
  • Protocol of the Extraordinary Reich Deputation in Regensburg, 1803, vol. 2, p. 841 ff.

Web links

Commons : Bartenstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Bartenstein  - in the description of the Oberamt Gerabronn

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website town of Schrozberg, suburb of Bartenstein. City of Schrozberg, February 14, 2020, accessed on February 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Bulletin. City of Schrozberg, February 7, 2020, accessed on February 14, 2020 .
  3. ^ Subdivision of the district according to the state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 , pp. 524-532.
    District area and population according to the district of Schwäbisch Hall. Volume 2 . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-7995-1366-3 ( Baden-Württemberg - The state in its circles ), p. 272.
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