Vorderburg (slot)

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Front castle in Schlitz
The back of the gable of the Vorderburg

The back of the gable of the Vorderburg

Creation time : New building in 1565
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: New building received
Place: slot
Geographical location 50 ° 40 '27.1 "  N , 9 ° 33' 36.7"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 40 '27.1 "  N , 9 ° 33' 36.7"  E
Vorderburg (Hesse)
Vorderburg

The Vorderburg is a castle in the town of Schlitz in the Vogelsbergkreis in Central Hesse and is one of the five Schlitz castles : These are, in addition to the Vorderburg, the Hinterburg with the rear tower and the Ottoburg , all of which were integrated into the city ​​wall and formed the medieval city ​​fortifications, together with the Schachtenburg and the Hallenburg Castle just outside . With the lost castle Niederschlitz and the ruins of the Seeburg there are seven castles in and around the town of Schlitz.

description

The Vorderburg was the main castle of Schlitz and was probably built in the 13th century at the latest in the north-western part of medieval Schlitz. Only the lower part of the residential tower-like, formerly Romanesque keep , the foundations of which date from before 1181, remains of the castle . The older part is on the upper gate side. The eastern three-storey palace building flanking the tower was rebuilt and added in the form we know today at the instigation of the Junker Johann Eustach von Schlitz in 1565, as was probably the Welsche dome of the tower . The lords of Schlitz , mentioned in a document since 819 ( Gerlacus de Slitese ) , came to the Fulda fief of the city in 1116 after it had previously belonged to the Counts of Ziegenhain .

The Vorderburg was the main castle of Schlitz and until the early 18th century the seat of the senior of the Ganerbegemeinschaft the lines of the Vorderburger, Hinterburger, Schachtenburger, Ottoburger and Hallenburg gentlemen and came in 1720 after the extinction of the male line of the Vorderburger line with the whole property to the Hallenburg line . Their senior, Friedrich Wilhelm von Schlitz called von Görtz , was the Hanoverian Chamber President and Minister of State and was appointed by Emperor Karl VI in 1726 . raised to the rank of imperial count .

View of the Vorderburg from the tower side from the southeast

Today's ballroom in the town of Schlitz emerged from the medieval Romanesque residential tower. The west wing was built around 1600 at the instigation of Wilhelm Balthasar von Schlitz . The notable fountain house in the castle courtyard dates from the same time . It's made of wood, just like the fountain's gears.

In 1812 the porch, consisting of a balcony and a stair tower , was demolished. The late Gothic portal of the stair tower is located in the garden exit of the “Vorderburger Türmchen” . Renaissance gables can be found on the back of the two wings of the building, where a partially baroque staircase leads to the upper floors. The Graeflich-Görtzische administration is located on the ground floor of the west wing and houses a local museum .

Since 1950 the tower has had a chime consisting of 26 bells, donated by Count Otto Hartmann von Schlitz; According to the will of the founder, it should serve international understanding. Folk songs from different nations are played at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

  • View of the Vorderburg, the hotel on the left

  • The central tower

  • Image of the west wing with two individual coats of arms and year above the portal of the window (possibly earlier entrance portal)

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites . 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , pp. 229-230.
  • City of Schlitz: Castle city of Schlitz - historical tour . Schlitz, 1997.
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , pp. 311, 312.

Web links

Commons : Vorderburg  - collection of images, videos and audio files