Kilchberg Castle
Kilchberg Castle in the district of the same name in Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg is a castle complex dating back to a high medieval moated castle from the 15th to 18th centuries.
history
Kilchberg was first mentioned in a document in 1261. The castle , presumably several decades older, was owned by an imperial knight dynasty of the same name . From 1261 to 1438 the castle was owned by the Lescher, whose coat of arms is still the coat of arms of Kilchberg today. The Lescher were replaced by the Knights of Ehingen . Georg I von Ehingen , who was involved in founding the University of Tübingen as an advisor to Count Eberhard von Württemberg , was the builder of today's castle. After the Ehinger died out in 1608, there were several changes of ownership, most recently to Lieutenant General Leutrum von Ertingen , who handed the castle over to the Barons of Ticino in the form of a hereditary lease in 1779 . After the long lease was replaced, they became official owners and still are today. The imperial immediacy of the property lasted until 1806.
investment
The main castle from the Hohenstaufen era, still preserved in the foundation walls, is remarkable . It is one of the rare examples of an octagonal castle complex (see the castles of Egisheim and Wangen as well as the Guebwiller castle stables in Alsace , the Westphalian Holsterburg and the Castel del Monte in Apulia ). Georg von Ehingen built a late-Gothic stone house over these foundations towards the end of the 15th century , whereby the octagonal moat was preserved. At the beginning of the 16th century, the main castle was extended by several additions that still characterize the appearance of the castle today. In the second quarter of the 18th century, under Karl Magnus Leutrum von Ertringen (1680–1738), a baroque palace garden with an orangery and lower palace was laid out . After the Second World War, the architect Paul Schmitthenner lived in the castle for several years.
The castle is privately owned and cannot be visited. Only the orangery in the castle park can be rented for events.
literature
- 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 ° 29 ′ 21.6 " N , 9 ° 0 ′ 56.4" E