Ditzingen Castle

Ditzingen Castle

Ditzingen Castle is a 15th century castle in Ditzingen in the Ludwigsburg district in Baden-Württemberg . It is a cultural monument according to § 28 DSchG BW .

description

The castle is a two-storey building with an upper floor made of half-timbering and a half- hipped roof . A presumably former farm building is connected to the main building by a corridor, creating a two-wing building. The complex is walled and surrounded by a moat. The castle is located in the middle of the approximately 2 hectare park belonging to the castle grounds, in which there is a half-timbered barn from the 17th or 18th century.

history

The castle was built in 1420 by the lords of Validlingen on the site of an abandoned castle. The facility was destroyed in 1543, but rebuilt a year later under Württemberg ownership. 1550 Wilhelm von Janowitz invested with the castle. His descendants sold it to the Lords of Münchingen in 1665 . In 1693 the castle was destroyed again, but rebuilt. In 1891 it came into the possession of the Barons Hiller von Gaertringen . Today the park belonging to the castle is open to the public, the castle is privately owned.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Description of the Oberamt Leonberg. Published by the Royal Statistical-Topographical Bureau, Stuttgart, Müller, 1852, p. 106.
2. ↑ ^{a b} City of Ditzingen [Hrsg.]: Heimatbuch Ditzingen. Self-published, Ditzingen 1966, p. 148.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Dagmar Zimdars [edit.]: Georg Dehio: Handbook of German art monuments. Baden-Württemberg I. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin and Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , p. 142.
4. ↑ ^{a b c} City of Ditzingen: Historical city tour of the city of Ditzingen (PDF; 3.6 MB). Accessed February 14, 2014.
5. ^ Ulrich Gräf: Art and cultural monuments in the Ludwigsburg district. Theiss, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8062-0466-7 , p. 87.
6. ^ City of Ditzingen: Important buildings in Ditzingen . Accessed February 14, 2014.

Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 41.5 "  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 4.8"  E