Schlotheim Castle

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Schlotheim Castle is located in Schlotheim in the Unstrut-Hainich district of Thuringia .

location

Schlottheim Palace was built on the land of the larger Ottonian castle. The client included the St. Salvator Church to the south. The castle was situated on a 4-6 meter high ground and had a larger area.

history

Castle moat

In the 10th century Schlotheim was a royal court with a castle. Schlotheim Castle was first mentioned in 974, while Wolfgang Kahl documents the first mention of the place in the period from 802 to 817. Under the Landgrave Ludwig III. is called a Günther von Schlotheim , who is also called under Herrmann I. am Hof. This Schlotheim accompanied Ludwig to Otranto and died like his master of typhus . The people of Schlotheim also owned a castle, but lost ownership and influence in the turmoil of the Wettins. In 1277 Schlotheim was granted city rights . The city came to the County of Hohnstein in 1323 and became part of Schwarzburg in 1340 . In 1425 Friedrich von Hopffgarten bought the town and castle from Count Heinrich von Schwarzburg. From 1571 it belonged to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and from 1599 to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt . Since then, Schlotheim was an exclave of the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt subordinate rule .

In 1768 the castle was demolished. The baroque palace was built in 1773–1777 by Maximilian Ernst von Hopffgarten on the castle grounds. The von Hopffgarten family was expropriated after the Second World War as a result of the land reform in 1945 and the castle became municipal property; henceforth it served as a cultural center and was used as living space, restaurant, library and veterans club.

The listed baroque palace was threatened with decay in 1997 when a private investor acquired the facility and gutted later fixtures from 1999 to 2001. The rooms were given a color scheme based on old findings. The baroque staircase was restored and a second oak staircase was built. The stucco work in the ballroom could be secured and the old paintings added according to findings. The castle is now used for curative education and therapy, mainly for children and disabled children.

Web links

Commons : Schlotheim Palace  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Mägdefrau : Thuringia in the Middle Ages 1130-1310. From the Ludowingers to the Wettins (= Thuringia in the Middle Ages. Vol. 3). Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-152-8 , p. 136.
  2. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 158.
  3. ↑ Wilfried Warsitzka: The Thuringian Landgrave. Dr. Bussert & Stadeler, Jena 2004, ISBN 3-932906-22-5 , p. 203.
  4. ↑ Werner Mägdefrau: Thuringia in the Middle Ages 1130-1310 , Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-152-8 , p. 136
  5. ^ Tomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia , Wartberg-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 311

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 50.5 ″  N , 10 ° 39 ′ 16.7 ″  E