Domeneck Castle

Domeneck Castle

Domeneck Castle near Züttlingen , a district of Möckmühl in the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg , was built not far from the ruins of a medieval castle .

location

The castle is located about one kilometer upstream and north of the Züttlingen on the left of the Jagst on a rather flat mountain spur between two Klingenbach brooks that flow from the northwest (Seehofer Schluchtbach) and northeast to the river and meet before their mouth on the right at the foot of the castle.

history

A few meters north of today's Domeneck Castle was the castle of the Tumminge von Domeneck, first attested in 1270 . The castle came to Engelhard von Berlichingen in 1420, who was married to Poppo von Domeneck's sister. In 1424 the lords of Berlichingen sold Domeneck Castle with Assumstadt to the Stumpff von Schweinbergs . The castle was originally a fiefdom of the Lords of Weinsberg , who had sold it to the Electoral Palatinate around 1450 , from which it came to Duke Ulrich von Württemberg in the Landshut War of Succession in 1504 . Due to a complicated change of ownership in the 15th century, the fiefdom was divided into a Palatinate, later Württemberg part (from the estate of the widow of Beringer von Berlichingen) and a Würzburg part (from the estate of Bishop Friedrich von Domeneck), which owned these parts further fragmented at times. Hartmann Stumpff von Schweinberg received the castle in 1454 as an electoral palatinate man fief, as did Philipp Stumpff von Schweinberg in 1473, who in 1485 acquired Hartmann Stumpff von Schweinberg's share. At the beginning of the 16th century there was a feud by Götz von Berlichingen against the sons of Philipp Stumpff, which may have its origins in previous disputes about the property situation.

The castle was stormed and burned down by farmers during the Peasants' War in 1525 . A little later, Messrs. Stumpff von Schweinberg died out, whereupon both the gentlemen von Hartheim and the sons of Ludwig von Helfenstein, who was murdered in the bloody deed of Weinsberg , tried to secure the Württemberg fief. Duke Ulrich gave the fiefdom to Schloss and Gut Domeneck in 1534 to the brothers Bernhard and Hans von Hartheim. Hans finally left the fiefdom to his brother Bernhard, who was responsible for the reconstruction of the castle.

After Georg Wolf von Hardheim, who was enfeoffed with the estate by Duke Friedrich I in 1594 , was involved in a manslaughter in 1600, the castle was temporarily requisitioned by Württemberg. After the death of Georg Wolf von Hardheim in 1607, Würzburg and Württemberg withdrew the fiefs again. The Würzburg bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn enfeoffed members of his family with the Würzburg part. Old Hartheim allodial goods came to Johann Kaspar von Herda , who was related to the Lords of Hartheim. In 1624, the Württemberg part lay with Hans Christof von Hermsdorf . In the years 1626 and 1628, the fief shares at Gut Domeneck were all modified and were exchanged in full from Herda.

Through inheritance and sale, there were numerous other changes of ownership in the following centuries. From 1676 the estate belonged to the Barons von Ellrichshausen , and in 1692 it was acquired by the Baden line of the Barons Leutrum von Ertingen . Later owners were the von Raßler family and the Heilbronn consultant Uhl of the Kraichgau knighthood . In 1830, General Franz Karl von Troyff acquired the estate, which was made a manor by the King of Württemberg in 1831 . He and his son have made a contribution to the preservation of the estate and the promotion of fruit growing. In 1889 the lords of Simolin-Bathory owned the complex.

description

Domeneck Castle is a multi-wing complex consisting of several buildings that surrounds a square castle courtyard. The castle courtyard is accessed from the west. The manor house forms the south side of the castle courtyard, the elongated east wing has a round tower with a pointed roof at the northeast corner. There are farm buildings to the north and west of the facility. The coat of arms of the Lords of Hartheim can be seen on the wine press building.

To the northwest of the palace complex are the ruins of the castle. From the keep an approximately eight-meter high stump is still preserved, are located to the east of the ruins, the remains of a round tower.

literature

• Description of the Oberamt Neckarsulm, Stuttgart 1881, p. 685ff. ( Digitized at https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de )
• Friedrich Krapf (Ed.): Neckarsulmer Heimatbuch . Rau, Öhringen 1928, pp. 244/45
• Helmut Neumaier: The property in the Hardheim residence Domeneck (Gem. Züttlingen, district of Heilbronn) - a piece of the mosaic on the living environment of the imperial nobility of the late Renaissance . In: Württembergisch Franken Jahrbuch 1998 , pp. 73–92.
• Julius Fekete: Art and cultural monuments in the city and district of Heilbronn . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1662-2 , p. 237.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jürgen Leikowski: Chronicle Züttlingen - Quick Overview of the history

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 17.6 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 58.1 ″  E