Großsachsenheim Castle

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Großsachsenheim Castle
Square courtyard
Castle Park
Aerial view: Sachsenheim Castle (today city administration) from the southwest

The Großsachsenheim Castle is a former moated castle in Sachsenheim in the district of Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg .

history

Instead of a previous castle from the 11th century occupied by the State Monuments Office, a castle with a verifiable keep on the south wing was built here in the 13th century as the ancestral seat of the Lords of Sachsenheim . Converted into a castle, the complex now forms an almost regular dodecagon with a square inner courtyard and a former moat on the outside. Large parts of today's facility were built in 1544 by Reinhard von Sachsenheim after a fire in 1542, including old parts of the building. With him this noble family died out in 1560. With the rule of Sachsenheim the castle fell to the House of Württemberg .

According to old legend, Klopferle , located in Sachsenheim Castle, was responsible for the fire of 1542 . This sits as a Gothic stone man on the bridge. The new building is documented with the number 1544 above the arched entrance with the old and new Sachsenheim coat of arms .

In 1823 the south wing of the palace burned down. In 1828 Württemberg sold the castle to General von Misani, who in 1846 sold it on to Baron von Röder. After several changes of ownership, the palace came into the possession of the Reich Association for Physical Exercise in 1938. In the final phase of World War II, the French army used the castle as a casino, headquarters and prison. The castle has been used as a town hall since 1952 .

Outbuildings

The outer courtyard is located within the moat . Here you can find the remains of the outer bailey , former economic buildings of the castle such as the Fruchtkasten built in the 17th century , the Neue Meierei from 1714, the Alte Meierei, built around 1600, and the former Vogtshaus from 1493, which is now a rectory. The tithe barn was also located there, but it burned down in 1903. The so-called tea house from 1629 is located in the approximately two-hectare castle park .

literature

  • Karl Eduard Paulus : Description of the Oberamt Vaihingen . Issued by the Royal Bureau of Statistics and Topography. Hallberger, Stuttgart 1856. pp. 145ff. Wikisource .
  • Sachsenheim, gateway to Stromberg . Published by the city of Sachsenheim. Sachsenheim 1975.

Individual evidence

  1. See findings from the State Monuments Office on the ruins of Altsachsenheim
  2. 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. 277.
  3. ^ Ulrich Gräf: Art. and cultural monuments in the district of Ludwigsburg , Stuttgart 1986, p. 255
  4. Großsachsenheim. leo-bw.de, accessed on January 30, 2014 .
  5. ^ Ulrich Hartmann [Ed.]: The Ludwigsburg district. Theiss, Stuttgart and Aalen 1977, ISBN 3-8062-0168-4 , p. 174.
  6. Description of the Oberamt Vaihingen. Issued by the Royal Statistical-Topographical Bureau; Unchanged reprint of the edition from 1856, Bissiger, Magstadt 1974, ISBN 3-7644-0036-6 , p. 147.
  7. ^ A b c City of Sachsenheim [Hrsg.]: Sachsenheim. Tor zum Stromberg self-publishing, Sachsenheim 1975, p. 99f.
  8. ^ Ulrich Hartmann [Ed.]: The Ludwigsburg district. 2nd edition, Theiss, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8062-1055-1 , pp. 217f.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Großsachsenheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '37.3 "  N , 9 ° 3' 59.2"  E