Stetten ob Lontal Castle

Main staircase to the castle

North side of the castle

The Castle Stetten ob Lontal stands in the village Stetten ob Lontal, a district of Niederstotzingen about one kilometer south of the lower Lonetals .

history

The 1646 in Renaissance style built castle is situated high on the hill slopes of the former castle site . Between 1712 and 1748 Valerian Brenner carried out extensive renovation and refurbishment work in the Baroque style . In 1821 Count Carl Leopold von Maldeghem acquired the building and the property belonging to it from the Lords of Riedheim . Count Maldeghem used the castle as a school and town hall or for rent. It has been privately owned since 1976 and is not open to the public.

Lords of the castle

• Wilhelm von Riedheim, 1357
• Lords of Reinheim, until 1646
• Heinrich Wilhelm von Hack
• Forester Daniel Schleiche, 1678 bought by Sophie Elisabeth von Jaxheim
• Johann Philipp von Schell, purchased in 1707
• Von Rakenitz brothers, bought in 1720
• Count Carl Leopold von Maldeghem, 1821 purchase for 100,000 florins from Sigmund Freiherr von Riedheim

Web links

• Niederstotzingen in the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
• Castles in Niederstotzingen , City of Niederstotzingen
• Entry for Stetten in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′ 13.8 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 12.7 ″  E