Klingenstein Castle

The blades flintlock is in the amount of 553 meters above sea level in Blautal on a mountain ridge in Klingenstein , a district of Blaustein in Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg .

history

Klingenstein Castle was built in 1756 by Baron Franz Maria Anton von Bernhausen on the foundations and the old cellar vaults of the north castle of Klingenstein Castle . After the expansion of Oberherrlingen Castle , the Lords of Bernhausen moved their headquarters there in 1588. Klingenstein Castle changed hands several times. Among other things, it came to Bavaria in 1803.

In 1860 the Ulm pharmacist Gustav Ernst Leube bought the castle that was to be demolished from the community of Klingenstein. Leube is also known as the founder of the German cement industry. The castle became the summer residence of the Leube-Schall family.

The castle of the Blautal

Current condition

Klingenstein Castle today consists of the inhabited castle with the Holy Trinity Castle Chapel and the castle courtyard. The Forstwarthaus is located south of it in the former neck ditch . A transverse building to the west was demolished in 1860. To the south and west of Klingenstein Castle are the remains of the former Klingenstein Castle . The castle courtyard and the remains of the castle can be visited.

Inside, remains of the stucco decorations on the ceilings, the stairs and the interior of the castle chapel clearly show the Rococo style . The altarpiece in the chapel is by Johann Baptist Enderle from Söflingen .

The Leube Foundation, a foundation under civil law, has been looking after the maintenance of Klingenstein Castle and all associated facilities and facilities since 1974. In 1983 the association "Friends of Klingenstein Castle" was founded. In 2015, the Leube Foundation received funding of 25,000 euros from the German Foundation for Monument Protection for the renovation and protection of the castle ruins.

literature

Günter Schmitt : Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Volume 2: Alb Mitte-Süd - hiking and discovering between Ulm and Sigmaringen. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß, 1989, ISBN 3-924489-45-9 , pp. 13-20.