Ronneburg Castle

Ronneburg Castle
	Ronneburg Castle
Creation time :	around 1200
Conservation status:	Receive
Standing position :	Nobles
Place:	Ronneburg
Geographical location	50 ° 51 '41.2 " N , 12 ° 10' 40.1" E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '41.2 " N , 12 ° 10' 40.1" E

The Ronneburg Castle is today a museum occupied the castle of the city Ronneburg in the Thuringian district of Greiz .

history

Administrative history

Even before 900 there was a late Sorbian branch in what is now the city of Ronneburg . This was supplemented after 900 by a military post on the castle hill, limited by stilts. Only later was the facility at the location of the “Rear Castle” expanded to include the “Front Castle”. With the immigration of German settlers from the 11th century onwards, the Bailiffs von Weida were appointed as ministerials for the German emperor . a. the area around the place Ronneburg first mentioned in 1209 (1304 town charter) administered as "Lords of Ronneburg". The castle complex was expanded by the bailiffs von Weida before 1200, which resulted in the castle suburb and the settlements. The suburbs were named "Der Sande", "Unterm Schloß", "Das Buntemantel" and "Am Baderberge". The remains of the city wall can still be seen today on the church square, in Rödergasse and Bergkellergasse. The “Upper” or “Stone Gate” (towards Grossenstein), the “Lower” or “Ratzener Tor” (towards Raitzhain) and the Castle Gate existed as city gates.

In 1244 Ronneburg changed from the Bailiffs von Weida to the Bailiffs von Plauen . To protect against the Wettins , the bailiffs of Weida, Gera and Plauen concluded the “Ronneburg Protection and Defense Alliance” (“Ronneburg Treaty”) with the Lords of Elsterberg from the Lobdeburg family in 1327. As a result of the Vogtland War (1354-1357), the bailiffs of Plauen lost the Ronneburg Castle as a property. Since then, Ronneburg was a Wettin fiefdom. Towards the end of the 15th century, the rear Ronneburg Castle was owned by the von Ende family , followed by the Lords of Wildenfels in 1517 . The front castle was leased to the von Liebschwitz family for 400 years as a free castle .

After the Wittenberg surrender , Ronneburg Castle came into the possession of the Ernestine Duchy of Saxony in 1548 . Since then, Ronneburg Castle has served as the administrative seat of the Wettin Office of Ronneburg , which from the 16th century onwards was under the sovereignty of the following Ernestine duchies due to several divisions during its existence : Duchy of Saxony (1554 to 1572), Duchy of Saxony-Weimar (1572 to 1603) , Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg (1603 to 1672), Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg (1672 to 1680), Duchy of Saxony-Eisenberg (1680 to 1707), in turn Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg (1707 to 1826). When the Ernestine Duchies were reorganized in 1826, the palace, office and city of Ronneburg again became part of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg. After the administrative reform in the duchy, they belonged to the Eastern District (until 1900) and to the Ronneburg District Office (from 1900).

After the Second World War , the new palace temporarily housed a pioneer house, classrooms of the palace school, a school after -school care center and the creative circle. In later times the city library, the city and school museum, the club rooms of the Heimatverein and the youth club were in the building. The palace courtyard and the palace gardens were redesigned in the course of the 2007 Federal Garden Show .

Building history

Ronneburg Castle covers an almost three-sided area and is located on a rock that slopes steeply to the west. Numerous eras are represented in the building, from Romanesque to historicism . Today's castle can be divided into a front and a rear part. The older, rear castle consisted of the knight's hall, the keep and several farm buildings. In 1327 the "Ronneburg Protection and Defense Alliance" was concluded in the knight's hall of the rear castle. Today the rear part consists of the knight's hall, a new building based on the history and some old cellar vaults. The hall is the last remnant of the old castle and is used today for city events and civil weddings. The front historicist building with a tower was built at the end of the 19th century as an apartment for the officials. The main entrance to the palace complex is on the east side towards the city. There used to be a moat in front of it that separated the castle from the city.

Extensions and alterations took place at the castle in the 15th and century. Under Anarch von Wildenfels, a building was erected on the southwest corner of the complex around 1520. After the Thirty Years' War , the manor house and the castle wall were renovated in 1651 under Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II of Saxony-Altenburg . The keep was also renovated between 1651 and 1666. The upper floor of the palace was built in half-timbered in 1662. In the 18th century the rear castle fell into disrepair so that the round keep had to be demolished in 1772. Only the manor house and the knight's hall remained from the rear castle. In the area of the front castle, the office building and a residential building for the official were built in the upper part of the complex in the 17th century. It later served as a district court and rent office.

A new local court building was built on the outer walls of this district court building in 1889. It is the most magnificent building in the area with a rich stucco facade. It was also at this time that the new castle and the castle tower, which still dominates the townscape today, were built in 1896 as a residence for the magistrate through the reconstruction of the front castle. The oldest part of the front area is the Romanesque archway, which is still used today as the only access to the castle. The St. George's Chapel is located next to the district court building. The former castle church (used until the Reformation in 1529), a room with cross vaults, is the oldest of the three chapels in Ronneburg.

gallery

Ronneburg Castle Museum
Ronneburg Castle Courtyard
Ronneburg Castle

Web links

Commons : Schloss Ronneburg (Thuringia) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] The Ronneburg Office in the book "Geography for all Stands", from p. 213

[2] The locations of the Ronneburg office from p. 86

[3] The eastern district of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg in the municipal directory 1900

[4] The district office of Ronneburg in the municipality register 1900

[5] Website of the City Museum in Ronneburg Castle