Holdbergstetten Castle

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Holdbergstetten Castle

The Castle Keep Bergstetten is built around the year 1200 a fortress in the 16th century a castle was rebuilt. The castle is located at the eponymous residential area in Haltbergstetten on the outskirts of the core town of Niederstetten in Baden-Württemberg . In addition to a natural history museum, the castle also housed a hunting museum. Today the castle is used exclusively for private purposes.

location

Holdbergstetten Castle is around 350  m above sea level. NHN on the lower spur of the Lämmerberg , which separates the Vorbach , which runs through Niederstetten northwards, from the side valley of the Frickentalbach , which flows from the southwest in Niederstetten . According to Pierer's Universal Lexikon , the place was called Niederstetten until 1807 Haltbergstetten ; eponymous for the Castle Haltbergstetten .

history

Around 1200 a castle was built as a predecessor. In the 16th century this was converted into a castle. The lords of Hohenlohe , the Counts of Castell , the taverns of Limpurg , the Lords of Rosenberg , the Counts of Hatzfeld (1641–1794), the Bishopric of Würzburg and, from 1803, the princes followed one after the other as a result of tenant change of ownership in the Middle Ages and later by inheritance zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg , who own the castle to this day.

The entrance to the castle courtyard of the Castle Haltbergstetten
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investment

Several stylistic elements of the castle come from the late Gothic and early Renaissance. Only one structure - the baroque palace church with rococo furnishings and a royal box built into the southern part of the east wing - is younger, but blends inconspicuously into the irregular square. On the slope across the street is the princess house, a little set off, an angular building with a mansard roof . A bay-like protrusion can be found on the north, west and south sides. There is a round tower at the northwest corner . A polygonal stair tower is built on the north wing on the courtyard side. The main entrance to the castle courtyard is by the east wing. Well known is the princess house, which belongs to the castle ensemble.

use

Previous use

Castle chapel as a Catholic parish church

The Maria Immaculata Chapel at Holdbergstetten Castle served as the parish church of the Catholics in Niederstetten until 1966, before the parish church of St. Johannes Evangelist was built in Niederstetten in 1965/66 .

Museums

Holdbergstetten Natural History Museum

A natural history museum was housed in the Castle of Haltebergstetten. This is closed today.

Holdbergstetten Hunting Museum

A hunting museum was located in the east and south wings of the Holdbergstetten Castle. In addition to hunting trophies and specimens from wild animals, there were also collections of native and exotic bird species on display.

Performances

Occasional musical performances took place in the castle.

Todays use

Today the castle is used exclusively for private purposes. The former hunting museum is closed, as is the musical education facility, where concerts were occasionally held in the past.

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Holdbergstetten Castle. Taubertal.de, accessed on June 2, 2015 .
  2. a b Keepbergstetten Castle. Bernhard Peter, accessed June 2, 2015 .
  3. Location according to this detailed map on: Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information )
  4. Zeno.org: Pierer's Universal Lexicon . Online at www.zeno.org. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Deanery Mergentheim: Niederstetten, St. Johannes Evangelist . Online at www.kathdekanat-mgh.de. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  6. Hunting Museum. German Museum Directory, accessed on June 2, 2015 .
  7. Hunting Museum in Holdbergstetten Castle. Netmuseum.de, accessed on June 2, 2015 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′ 58.1 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 10 ″  E