Heubach Castle

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Heubach Castle is a 16th century castle in the town of Heubach in the Ostalb district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

A parsonage of the Königsbronn monastery stood on the site of today's castle until 1524 . In 1525 Georg VII von Woellwarth bought the site in exchange for a barn, a garden and a box house in Heubach and had a three-story rectangular building built on it. After the death of George VII, the castle served for a time as the widow's seat of his wife Barbara Eckbrecht von Türckheim. After Maria Magdalena von Woellenwarth married Johann von Wessen, the latter bought the castle for 3800 guilders . Wessen's second wife, Heinrica Louisa Schertlin von Burtenbach , sold the castle to Württemberg in 1726 . In 1737 the castle was auctioned for 3,100 guilders to the Heubach surgeon Johann Knauß. After Knauß's death in 1803, the castle was temporarily converted into a mayor's apartment, and it was subsequently divided between several owners.

In 1985 the city of Heubach decided to buy the almost crumbled building. After the purchase of the last private share of the property by the city of Heubach, the renovation of the castle began in 1991 and was completed in 1997.

Today the castle houses the city ​​library, which moved in 1997, on the first floor as well as the wedding room and the corsetry museum of the city of Heubach, which opened in 2005 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the Oberamt Gmünd. Published by the statistical-topographical bureau, Lindemann, Stuttgart, 1870, p. 340.
  2. ↑ The castle in Heubach. Published by the Heubacher Schloß e. V., Heubach, 2001, p. 5.
  3. ↑ The castle in Heubach. P. 7.
  4. ↑ Information from the city of Heubach on Heubach Castle . Accessed May 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ Homepage of the Heubach Castle Association .

Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '21 "  N , 9 ° 56" 8.5 "  E