Höpfigheim Castle

Höpfigheim Castle, north elevation

Höpfigheim Castle was built in the High Middle Ages and expanded into a castle in the 16th century in the Höpfigheim district of Steinheim an der Murr in the Ludwigsburg district in Baden-Württemberg .

description

The castle consists of a formerly fortified farm yard surrounded by a moat , remains of which can still be found, e.g. B. one with loopholes -provided round tower or the north built gatehouse of the court. In the forecourt is the actual square palace complex, which is also provided with a moat and wall. The two-winged palace building is located on the south and west side of the inner courtyard. The east and north sides are fenced with walls and battlements , in the north-east direction there is access to the inner courtyard via the gatehouse.

history

The castle is mentioned for the first time in 1339, and again in 1344 as the property of Walter von Ebersbach, who owned it as a fiefdom of the Counts of Vaihingen . In the meantime it belonged to the Lords of Mönsheim, Urach and Bernhausen before it came into the possession of the von Speth family in 1486. In 1587 the facility was sold to Duke Ludwig von Württemberg , who enfeoffed Privy Councilor Melchior Jäger von Gärtringen with it. This was in the 1580s and 1590s by Georg Beer , who u. a. the New Lusthaus Stuttgart had built, changed the facility profoundly. During this time, the originally open loggia on the upper floor of the main house was moved into the building and the columns were provided with stucco. Furthermore, when the castle grounds were expanded, the defenses were probably renewed, as both the gate towers and the round tower date from the time of the renovation. In 1754 the castle's drawbridge was replaced by a stone bridge. In 1687, the fiefdom of the hunters of Gärtringen was returned to Duke Eberhard Ludwig von Württemberg and was to be expanded as a residence for Crown Prince Friedrich Ludwig . After his death it served as the seat of the civil servant and the cameraman of the Marbach Oberamt . In 1817 the castle was sold to the community of Höpfigheim, which then housed the school and town hall in the castle. In the Third Reich, the gate tower of the palace was used as a clubhouse for the local Hitler Youth . The main building served as a school until 1965 and as the town hall of Höpfigheim until 1973. Today there is a bank branch in the main building of the castle on the ground floor; the upper floor, like the building of the farmyard, is privately owned. In 2005, for the second time since 1981, the castle was renovated. The truss parts damaged by water or rot were replaced and the compartment was rebuilt.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} PDF file for Schloss Höpfigheim on Burgen-Web.de . Accessed February 19, 2014.
2. ^ ^{A b} Website of the city of Steinheim: District Höpfigheim . Accessed February 19, 2014.
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. 364f.
4. ^ Ulrich Gräf: Art and cultural monuments in the Ludwigsburg district. Theiss, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8062-0466-7 , pp. 283/285.
5. ^ Description of the Oberamt Marbach. Issued by the Royal Statistical-Topographical Bureau; Unchanged reprint of the edition from 1866, Bissinger, Magstadt 1962, ISBN 3-7644-0047-1 , p. 207.
6. ^ German Foundation for Monument Protection: Höpfigheim Castle . Accessed February 19, 2014.

Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′ 46.9 "  N , 9 ° 14 ′ 29.4"  E