Wolkenstein Castle (Ore Mountains)
| Wolkenstein Castle | ||
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 View of Wolkenstein Castle from the southwest (December 2011) |
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, conversion to a castle | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Place: | Selva | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 39 '18 " N , 13 ° 3' 52" E | |
| Height: | 470 m above sea level NN | |
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Wolkenstein Castle , usually called Wolkenstein Castle , is a high medieval castle in the town of Selva in the Erzgebirge in Saxony ( Germany ). Since 1963 u. a. the Museum of Selva Castle.
Geographical location
The hilltop castle is around 80 meters above the Zschopau valley near the mouth of the Preßnitz river on a rocky outcrop. Its strategic function was to protect a trade route to Bohemia .
history
Wolkenstein Castle was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century . The Lords of Waldenburg sat as ministerials on behalf of the German king at the castle in Pleißenland , which had come under German rule in the course of the eastern colonization . From 1378, Wolkenstein was the headquarters of the Waldenburg family. After the death of the last Waldenburger, the property fell to the sovereigns, the Wettins, as a settled fief in 1473 . After 1500 it was owned by Heinrich the Pious , who was born later and received the offices of Wolkenstein and Freiberg for his care. He had the castle expanded and used it as a hunting lodge . His son August set up the complex as a residence in the Renaissance style around 1550 , but only used it as a secondary residence after he was appointed Elector of Saxony in 1553. Due to the damage of the Thirty Years War and the creeping neglect, some parts of the complex fell into disrepair. Until the 19th century the main building served as the Electoral Saxon official residence and until the 20th century as the royal Saxon district court, later a penal institution was housed there, which existed until 1951. After the end of the Second World War , the premises were used for residential purposes until the 1990s, in 1963 a home parlor with craftsmen's rooms was built in part of the west wing, and from 1984 areas of the palace served as a cultural cabinet with a folk art school.
Use since 1990
After the fall of the Wall , the Heimatstube was transformed into the town's local museum, enlarged and given the name Museum Schloss Wolkenstein . An inn ( Zum Grenadier ) is located on the ground floor, the Wolkenstein registry office uses the historic wedding room. The Fürstensaal, a restored ballroom in the south wing, commemorates the time of the Wettin rule and is used for events.
Building description
The appearance of the original plant is not known. The oldest surviving components of the historically grown complex are the residential tower from the 14th century and the kitchen house in the north-east of the castle. The core structure of the complex is dated by construction experts and historians to the 15th century. In the 16th century, the south and north wings with a gatehouse were added. Although the castle-like, defensive character dominates the entire complex, the complex was also called slosz Wolkenstein as early as 1372 .
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Wolkenstein Castle seen from the bailey in SW
Gatehouse (2006)
Fürstensaal
Wooden ceiling with profiled support beam
See also
- List of castles and palaces in Saxony
- Roof from the former malt house to the former Buchholz mint building according to Schumann's State Lexicon
literature
- Wilfried Pfefferkorn: The residential tower in Wolkenstein Castle / Saxony. Approaching an unexplored structure . In: Heinz Müller (Hrsg.): Residential towers (= castle research from Saxony. Special issue). Beier and Beran, Langenweißbach 2002, ISBN 3-930036-76-2 , pp. 113-119 and 167.
- Heinz Müller, Gerhard Billig : Castles witness to Saxon history . Degener, Neustadt ad Aisch 1998, ISBN 3-7686-4191-0 .
- Dieter Walz: Castle tour - Saxon castles on Mulde and Zschopau . Sachsenbuch, Leipzig 1992, ISBN 3-910148-65-4 .
Web links
- Wolkenstein Castle on the website of the City of Selva
- Wolkenstein Castle in: Off to the Ore Mountains
- Wolkenstein Castle on burgenwelt.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of the restaurant Zum Grenadier , accessed on February 28, 2015.
- ↑ Wolkenstein Castle at erzgebirge-explorer.de , accessed on February 28, 2015.
- ^ Georg Piltz: Art guide through the GDR . 4th edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1973, DNB 730300838 , p. 460.