Hirrlingen Castle
The Schloss Hirrlingen in Hirrlingen in the district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg is one of the few rural Renaissance castles in Baden-Wuerttemberg, which have remained virtually unchanged.
history
The castle was built from 1557 to 1558 by Baron Georg VII von Ow (1517–1575) based on the example of the Bühler castle in the Renaissance style. The castle building is three-story on a rectangular floor plan and has a high pitched roof. Two round towers at the corners of the north side give it a defensive character with their loopholes on the ground floor. The earlier water graves that led around the entire palace area were largely removed. The castle pond has only been preserved towards the village. The front of the courtyard is structured by a centrally placed octagonal stair tower. A two-storey bay window with the ornamental coats of arms of the builder and a later owner rises on the southeast corner of the courtyard entrance.
The von Ow-Hirrlingen family died out in 1709. The castle was bequeathed to Count Anton Ferdinand von Attems . It was bought by the municipality in the 19th century. Today it houses the town hall of the municipality of Hirrlingen. The outbuildings that make up the castle courtyard also largely date from the 16th century. As a result, the castle still gives an almost undisturbed impression of a rural Renaissance mansion .
An epitaph in the parish church of St. Martin still reminds of the builder : Anno domini 1575 on the 27th day of June fell asleep in Christ, the noble and vest Georg von Ow zu Hirrlingen, to whom God wants to give a happy resurrection with all those who have been raised .
literature
- Franz Quarthal (Ed.): Between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb. Publication by the Alemannic Institute Freiburg. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1984, ISBN 3-7995-4034-2 .
- Wolfgang Sannwald (ed.): History trains . Between Schönbuch, Gäu and Alb: The Tübingen district. Gomaringen 2006, ISBN 978-3-926969-25-5 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 39 " N , 8 ° 53 ′ 11" E