Wasseralfingen Castle

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Wasseralfingen Castle

Schloss Wasseralfingen is a castle built in the 16th century in the Aalen district of Wasseralfingen in the Ostalb district . It is based on a water castle from the 14th century .

history

The first mention of a mansion in Wasseralfingen took place in 1337. In that year, Count Ludwig and Friedrich von Oettingen gave the low-nobility Ulrich von Ahelfingen (see also Alfingen rule ) their consent to build a moated castle. In 1382, the Wasseralfingen line of the Lords of Ahelfingen had to divide up their property because it had expired in the male line . The place and mansion were divided into a front and a rear half. The back half went to Ulrich von Horn, the front half went to Ulrich den Hagger. While the rear half remained in the possession of the von Horn family, the front half changed hands several times. In 1479 the line of the Ahelfingen family in Hohenalfingen came back into possession of the castle. However, after the death of Wolfgang von Ahelfingen, the last male heir of the family, the castle came into the possession of the Ellwangen Monastery in 1545 . This was able to found an upper office from the holdings of the Ahelfingen family in Oberalfingen and Wasseralfingen . The responsible senior bailiff had his seat in the castle. In 1590 the monastery in Wasseralfingen had the castle demolished and instead built today's four-wing castle with inner courtyard by 1593, which was rebuilt again in 1729. As a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the areas of the Ellwangen monastery came to Württemberg . The castle was later the seat of the Württemberg governor for Aalen for a short time , after which it was the seat of a forest master . In 1817, due to the proximity of the Wasseralfingen ironworks, rooms in the castle were converted into apartments. Since 1992 there has been a school for the speech impaired in the building.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Description of the Oberamt Aalen. Published by the Royal Statistical-Topographical Bureau, Müller, Stuttgart, 1854, p. 326 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Dagmar Zimdars [Hrsg.]: Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. Baden-Württemberg I. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin and Munich, 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , p. 823.
  3. ↑ a b c Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 , p. 726.
  4. ↑ a b Description of the Aalen Office. P. 327 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Gustav Wabro [Ed.]: The Ostalbkreis. Theiss, Stuttgart and Aalen, 1978, ISBN 3-8062-0169-2 , p. 334.
  6. ^ Schloss Wasseralfingen on the website of the city of Aalen . Accessed May 26, 2014.

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '53 "  N , 10 ° 5' 57.7"  E