Staufer stele
Staufer steles are octagonal memorial stones that commemorate the Staufers , who were Roman-German kings and emperors in the High Middle Ages . The sculptor of these monuments is Markus Wolf from Stuttgart-Plieningen.
The first Staufer stele was inaugurated on December 13, 2000, the 750th anniversary of the death of the last Staufer Emperor Friedrich II , in the ruins of Castel Fiorentino in Italy . This was followed by steles in Germany , France , Austria , the Czech Republic and the Netherlands . Between 2002 and 2018 the inscriptions on the steles were designed by the Staufer Friends Committee .
Octagonal shape
The Staufer steles take up the octagonal floor plan, which, for example, also has the Castel del Monte built by Friedrich II . They consist of four parts (base, shaft piece, middle piece, crown piece). They are from the upper edge of the base 2.5 meters high and have at a side length of 33 centimeters, a width (distance between two opposite surfaces) of 80 centimeters. A golden ribbon symbolizing the octagonal imperial crown forms the upper end . The inscriptions are always distributed on four of the eight sides. A coat of arms is carved over each of the four inscriptions. The only exception is the stele in Klosterneuburg , where there are two coats of arms on one side.
The stele on the Hohenstaufen is 88 centimeters wide and 2.75 meters high. It is 10% larger than all other steles, which should highlight this mountain as the namesake for the Staufer family.
Octagonal floor plan of Castel del Monte
material
The majority of the steles are made of creamy white banded Jura travertine (a special type of Jura marble ) from Pappenheim in the Altmühltal. In contrast, the stele on the Hohenstaufen is made of Apulian Trani marble , while the two steles in Haguenau and on the Trifels are made of red sandstone from the Vosges .
One column weighs 4.5 tons including the base plate . All steles are massive, this leads to the imposing effect.
The stele in Fiorentino is also earthquake-proof : inside the stele there is an anchoring system that, in the event of horizontal forces, such as an earthquake, leads to the drums being displaced and not destroyed. At the Staufer stele in Syracuse , earthquake security was achieved by means of four iron threaded rods that were firmly glued into the concrete foundation, the square base plate and the three octagonal drums with mortar.
On the stele in Schwäbisch Gmünd , the base plate and the three octagonal drums are pegged together. This means that this stele can be moved in one piece if this is necessary as part of a major event on Johannisplatz .
Example Lorch Monastery
The Benedictine monastery Lorch was donated around 1102 by the Staufer Duke Friedrich I as a family burial place, although none of the later Staufer kings and emperors were buried there. The stele made of Jura travertine at the entrance to Lorch Abbey was inaugurated in August 2008 on the 800th anniversary of the death of Irene of Byzantium . Irene was an emperor's daughter from Constantinople and wife of the Staufer King Philip of Swabia . After her husband's murder, she fled from Bamberg to the family castle on the Hohenstaufen , died there a short time later and was buried in the Lorch monastery. She is the most prominent Staufer woman in the Lorch burial place. The stele was donated by Irene and Herbert Marek.
Lorch Monastery
Staufer stele at the entrance to the monastery
Engravings of the stele (north side, east side, south side with base, west side)
Memorial plaque for Irene of Byzantium in the south transept of the monastery church (1898)
Locations in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
Map with all coordinates of the Staufer steles: OSM | WikiMap
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No. |
year |
Location |
location |
Most important historical occasion Date of inauguration - donor |
image |
| 1 |
2000 |
Castel Fiorentino Apulia (IT) |
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Emperor Friedrich II died here in 1250 December 13, 2000 - Amicus Friderici II ( Johann Heinrich von Stein ) |
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| 2 |
2002 |
Hohenstaufen Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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The first Staufer Duke Friedrich I founded the Staufer ancestral castle here around 1070 June 1, 2002 - Manfred Hartmann, Gerhard Raff , Johann Heinrich von Stein , Erwin Sulzberger |
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| 3 |
2006 |
Haguenau Alsace (F) |
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Favorite Palatinate of Emperor Friedrich II. October 21, 2006 - Renate and Adolf Heldele |
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| 4th |
2007 |
Waiblingen Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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Origin of the concept of the Ghibellines for the supporters of the Staufer June 30, 2007 - Eva Mayr-Stihl and Robert Mayr |
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| 5 |
2008 |
Lorch Monastery, Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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The first Duke of Staufer Friedrich I donated the monastery as a family burial place in 1102 August 30, 2008 - Irene and Herbert Marek |
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| 6th |
2008 |
Trifels Rhineland-Palatinate (D) |
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Königspfalz , in which the Hohenstaufen kept the imperial regalia and in 1193 held Richard the Lionheart prisoner October 4, 2008 - Ulrich Gassmann and Reinhardt Grossmann |
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| 7th |
2008 |
Adelberg Monastery Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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Emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa attended the altar consecration in 1188 with his sons October 17, 2008 - Ursula and Albrecht Egerer |
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| 8th |
2009 |
Klosterneuburg Lower Austria (A) |
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Agnes von Waiblingen , wife of the first Staufer Duke Friedrich I , married Leopold III from Babenberg here in 1106 . married April 17, 2009 - Kreissparkasse Göppingen |
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| 9 |
2009 |
Bari Apulia (IT) |
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Emperor Friedrich II expanded the Norman fort here from 1233 May 7, 2009 - Peregrinus Klaus Degerlochensis |
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| 10 |
2009 |
Bad Wimpfen Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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Emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa founded the largest royal palace north of the Alps here around 1165 July 12, 2009 - Irmgard Schmid-Maybach |
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| 11 |
2009 |
Weinsberg Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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King Conrad III. has here 1140 about Welf VI. Victory (Weibertreu legend) September 19, 2009 - Hermann Windmüller |
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| 12 |
2010 |
Rothenburg ob der Tauber Bavaria (D) |
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King Conrad III. founded an imperial castle here after 1142 September 19, 2010 - Gunter Haug and Gerhard Raff |
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| 13 |
2011 |
Besigheim Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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In 1153, the later Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa donated the Besigheim court from the Erstein Monastery to Hermann III. von Baden confirmed May 7, 2011 - Ulrich Hartmann |
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| 14th |
2012 |
Schwäbisch Gmünd Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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Oldest Staufer town founded before 1162 March 31, 2012 - Margarete Nuding |
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| 15th |
2012 |
Markgröningen Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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Hartmann I. von Grüningen treacherously changed sides at the Battle of Frankfurt in 1246 and thus initiated the downfall of the Staufers April 21, 2012 - Annemarie and Heinz Griesinger |
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| 16 |
2012 |
Niederhaus Castle Bavaria (D) |
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Castle of Friedrich von Hürnheim, who was beheaded together with Konradin in Naples in 1268 May 6, 2012 - "Wirtemberg dedit" (wishing stele) |
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| 17th |
2012 |
Göppingen Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa has 1,154 "apud Geppingen" a charter for the monastery Lorch issued 15 June 2012 - Family Ulrich Weiss |
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| 18th |
2012 |
Ellwangen Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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The Ellwang abbot Kuno I had the coronation of Friedrich II with Pope Honorius III in Rome in 1220 . negotiated September 9, 2012 - Georg and Ursula Lochner |
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| 19th |
2012 |
Maulbronn Monastery Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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Emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa placed the monastery under his protection in 1156 September 15, 2012 - Irmgard Schmid-Maybach |
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| 20th |
2012 |
Justingen Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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Anselm von Justingen brought the future Emperor Friedrich II from Sicily to Germany in 1212 October 7, 2012 - Bernd Krissler and Ursula Krißler-Zink |
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| 21st |
2013 |
Cheb Czech Republic |
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The later Emperor Friedrich II issued the gold bull from Eger in 1213 July 12, 2013 - Annemarie Marliese Meissner |
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| 22nd |
2013 |
Bad Boll Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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Berta von Boll , possibly sister of the Staufer King Konrad III. , donated a provost office here October 3, 2013 - Elisabeth Meyer-Fezer and Friedrich Meyer (†) |
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| 23 |
2013 |
Dinkelsbühl Bavaria (D) |
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Emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa founded the city around 1170/1180 October 12, 2013 - Ingeborg and Andreas Raab |
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| 24 |
2014 |
Heilbronn Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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Nordhausen's contract of King Heinrich (VII.) In 1225 was an intermediate step on the way to the granting of city rights. 1281 March 1, 2014 - Barbara Weingart, Susanne Rettenmaier and Otto Maximilian Rettenmaier |
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| 25th |
2014 |
Hohenneuffen Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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Heinrich I von Neuffen brought the later Emperor Friedrich II from Sicily to Germany in 1212 May 3, 2014 - Mechthild and Roland Munk |
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| 26th |
2014 |
Laundromat Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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Staufer service man castle, which in 1230 within sight of the ancestral castle on the Hohenstaufen was established on Sept. 28, 2014 - Hariolf Kottmann |
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| 27 |
2014 |
Bopfingen Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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Battle of Flochberg in 1150 with the victory of Staufer Heinrich (VI.) Over Welf VI. October 11, 2014 - Werner Schülen |
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| 28 |
2014 |
Baden-Baden Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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Cooperation between the Margraves of Baden and the Hohenstaufen dynasty October 18, 2014 - Normann Huck |
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| 29 |
2015 |
Denkendorf Monastery, Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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King Conrad III. and Emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa took the monastery under their protection April 25, 2015 - Helga Dausinger-Illg and Friedrich Dausinger |
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| 30th |
2015 |
Bamberg Bavaria (D) |
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Tomb of King Conrad III. in the cathedral , murder of King Philipp of Swabia in the old court of 13 June 2015 - Elfriede and Hartmut Hübler |
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| 31 |
2015 |
Königstein im Taunus Hesse (D) |
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Kuno I. von Munzenberg , an Imperial Treasurer of the Staufer, was the owner of Königstein Castle September 13, 2015 - Jutta Kempf-Mack and Roland Mack |
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| 32 |
2016 |
Esslingen am Neckar Baden-Württemberg (D) |
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The later Emperor Friedrich II donated the parish church of Esslingen to the cathedral chapter of Speyer in 1213 on June 4, 2016 - Esslinger Kulturpreis Foundation |
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| 33 |
2017 |
Güglingen Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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First mentioned in 1188 in a contract between Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa and King Alfons VIII of Castile April 1, 2017 - Luise Layher |
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| 34 |
2017 |
Ettlingen Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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City foundation by the Staufer no later than 1220 April 30, 2017 - citizens of Ettlingen |
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| 35 |
2018 |
Nijmegen Netherlands |
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Emperor Heinrich VI. was born in 1165 in the Palatinate of Nijmegen April 28, 2018 - Maria and Willem van Agtmael |
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| 36 |
2018 |
Speyer Rhineland-Palatinate (D) |
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Grave of Empress Beatrix of Burgundy and King Philipp of Swabia , over sixty court days of the Hohenstaufen family June 2, 2018 - Luise Layher |
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| 37 |
2018 |
Syracuse Sicily (IT) |
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Castle built by Emperor Friedrich II July 21, 2018 - Susanne Bošnjaković-Büscher |
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| 38 |
2018 |
Reutlingen Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) |
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Successful survived siege by anti-Hohenstaufen supporters of counter-king Heinrich Raspe in 1247 September 21, 2018 - Detlef and Lothar Guhl |
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criticism
The self-set goal of the Staufer Friends Committee was to erect such monuments at Europe's most outstanding Staufer sites. In fact, however, seventy percent of the Staufer steles are in Baden-Württemberg and immediately adjacent in Bavaria (as of June 2018) and there often in places that were rather meaningless for the history of the Hohenstaufen . On the other hand, in the rest of Germany and Italy , the two main areas of activity of the Staufer, almost all important places are still missing . Even Spain 's (June 2018) not taken into account, as well as the Turkey and the Near East with locations of three crusades led Staufer kings and emperors.
The Staufer steles, which have been erected since 2011, can no longer be seen by the viewer that they are no normal individual monuments, but rather, as Staufer steles, belong to a transnational network. Taking up the corresponding criticism, since the Staufer stele in Güglingen it has been explicitly stated on the base that it is a Staufer stele , and this also with the indication of how many it is.
Another point of criticism are forty, partly harmless, but also partly serious inaccuracies and misleadings on the inscriptions on twenty-three steles. These are documented in an errata list.
The Staufer stele in Baden-Baden has already fallen victim to multiple vandalism, which may be due to an unfavorably chosen location.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sculptor on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ↑ stauferstelen.net with interactive maps. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ↑ a b Committee of Staufer Friends: Staufer Friends donate Staufer Steles , Gerlingen 2014, p. 12 (PDF; 122 KB). Retrieved October 20, 2014
- ↑ Staufer stele project in future without a committee. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Georg Friedrich Kempter : The octagon as a basic architectural form (PDF; 187 kB). Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ Klosterneuburg 2009 on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ a b c d Peter Koblank: How a Staufer Stele is made. From the quarry to the inauguration in Justingen on October 7, 2012 . Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ↑ Peter Koblank: The missing royal palace of Haguenau. On the trail of a Hohenstaufen moated castle in Alsace . Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ↑ Peter Koblank: Whoever has the Trifels has the empire. The Staufer stele on the former Reichsburg in Rhineland-Palatinate . Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ↑ Peter Koblank: The Rothbach quarry. In Alsace, red Vosges sandstone is mined underground . Retrieved June 16, 2013.
- ^ Stauferstele in Sicily on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ↑ Schwäbisch Gmünd 2012 on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
- ↑ Lorch Monastery 2008 on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ a b maps on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ Peter Koblank: Staufer Stele - quo vadis? Network of Europe's most outstanding Staufer sites . Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ↑ Besigheim 2011 on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
- ↑ Güglingen 2017 on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Speyer 2018 on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ Peter Koblank: Errata of the Staufer steles. One should carefully examine the words that are carved in stone. on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ Yannic Weber: Vandalism on the Staufer stele in Baden-Baden . Open letter on goodnews4.de. - See also: Victims of permanent vandalism on stauferstelen.net. Both accessed on November 6, 2015.
Web links
- stauferstelen.net - Complete documentation of all Stauferstelen