Stammheim Castle (Florstadt)
The Stammheim Castle in Stammheim , a district of Florstadt in the Wetterau district in Hesse, is an early modern palace complex that probably emerged from an earlier moated castle .
history
The castle is located on the site of an earlier moated castle owned by the Lords of Düdelsheim , the exact age of which is unknown. When the complex was first documented in the 15th century, it was in the possession of the Lords of Rosenbach , a noble family that is also documented in the neighboring Lindheim Castle near Altenstadt under the local heirs . The gentlemen von Rosenbach often held clerical offices and were in the service of Mainz or Würzburg .
Dietrich von Rosenbach began to build a small castle in place of the castle in 1587. He did not live to see the completion in 1592, as noted in the portal, as he died in 1590. Because of property disputes, the Lords of Rosenbach sold their property in 1699 to the Lords of Schlitz called von Görtz . After various changes of ownership, the community bought the castle in 1850 and set up classrooms and a council chamber in it. Later it was inhabited and neglected by refugees. A few years ago, Stammheim Castle was acquired by a private individual and renovated in an exemplary manner.
investment
The older moated castle can still be recognized by the heavily leveled moat . The castle is a three-storey stone building with a gable roof . On the southwest side is the central projecting entrance with portal . Above it are two coats of arms with the heading DIEZ ROSENBACH and WALBURGI (S) VON KARSBACH and the year 1592. The building still has a slightly defensive character in the style of the time: the basement has loopholes and at the rear there is a round stair tower in the middle . As the facility is privately owned and inhabited, it cannot be visited.
literature
- Georg Ulrich Großmann : South Hesse. Art guide. Imhof, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-935590-66-0 , p. 121.
- Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 342.
- Heinz Wionski: Cultural monuments in Hessen. Wetteraukreis II, Part 1, Bad Nauheim to Florstadt. Published by the State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen , Vieweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1999, p. 548, ISBN 3-528-06227-4 ( Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ).
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments - Hessen. (Ed .: Magnus Backes ), 2nd edition, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-422-00380-0 , p. 826.
Web links
- Stammheim Castle, Wetteraukreis. Castles, palaces, mansions (as of February 17, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on January 15, 2015 .
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (Hrsg.): Castle Stammheim In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
- Renaissance castles in Hesse (project at the Germanic National Museum by Georg Ulrich Großmann )
- Stammheim Castle Heraldry -Website: Bernhard Peter: Gallery: Photos of beautiful old coat of arms No. 1896
Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 35.3 " N , 8 ° 55 ′ 10.8" E