Waldburg (castle)
| Forest castle | ||
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 The Waldburg (May 2014) |
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| Creation time : | around 1000 to 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Princes | |
| Place: | Forest castle | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 45 '32 " N , 9 ° 42' 43" E | |
| Height: | 772 m | |
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The Waldburg is the ancestral seat of the dynasty of the Waldburg family and imperial princes . Dating back to the 12th century and stands on the district of the municipality of Waldenburg in the district of Ravensburg in Upper Swabia .
Geographical location
The summit castle is located on a natural elevation, a drumlin from the Würm Ice Age , at a height of 772 meters. The elevated position with panoramic view (with suitable weather conditions ) west to the Hohentwiel in Singen , north to the Ulmer Münster , east well into the foothills of the Alps and south well into the Swiss Alps that made Waldenburg in the early 19th century an important trigonometric point of Survey of the Kingdom of Württemberg . For this purpose, the arbor was placed on the roof. The steep Drumlin offers almost ideal military protection for a castle complex due to its very large angle of slope , but also made construction and expansion considerably more difficult over the course of seven centuries.
The castle was heavily forested until the 1980s. Targeted clearing at the beginning of the nineties to reopen it to the public in 1996 brought the view of the castle back to its old state. Both during the day and at night with lighting, the castle is a very distinctive and important landmark in Upper Swabia .
Alleged view to Mont Blanc
For decades it was and is advertised that one could see Mont Blanc , which is over 300 km away, from the viewing platform of the Waldburg in the best visibility conditions. This erroneous assumption is based on a panorama drawing by the Ravensburg professor and pastor Albert Steudel (1822–1890), who created alpine panoramas from several viewpoints in the vicinity of Lake Constance. With modern technical aids, however, it turned out that the alleged Mont Blanc is only the 3641 m high Goldenhoren, which is located about six kilometers behind the Eiger , belongs to the Bernese Alps and peeks out to the right behind the Eiger. Like Mont Blanc, the Goldenhoren wears a cap and is 190 km from the Waldburg. The direction in which Mont Blanc stands also deviates by + 1.1 ° from that assumed by Albert Steudel. The considerable curvature of the earth for more than 300 km, as well as the mountains standing between the Waldburg and Mont Blanc (including the 3136 m high saddle between Gspaltenhorn and Tschingelspitz ) prevent the highest alpine mountain from being seen from the Waldburg.
history
The castle was first founded in the 11th century. During this time the von Waldburg family received an official loan from the Guelphs . In the first half of the 13th century, the castle was rebuilt fundamentally, the palace was rebuilt up to the second floor.
Under Emperor Friedrich II , the imperial regalia were kept in the castle from 1220 to at least 1240 . The Holy Lance the imperial crown, the imperial sword, the Reichszperter and orb are as replicas exhibited in the rooms of the castle.
In 1327 the church of St. Magnus was built at the foot of the castle.
In the middle of the 16th century under the stewardess Georg IV. Von Waldburg , the castle was expanded into a palace-like residence and mansion. From the 17th century onwards, the castle was only inhabited sporadically by the von Waldburg family, and building activity declined.
Todays use
Today the castle houses a museum in its palace and is open to the public in the summer months. A viewing platform on the roof of the Palas is also accessible, on which there is a trigonometric point . The castle chapel is used for church weddings. Parts of the museum and the vault are also available for wedding celebrations. During the opening hours of the museum, the inner courtyard of the Waldburg is catered for.
The museum's opening times are from Easter Sunday to October 3, Sundays and public holidays from 11 am to 6 pm
Quotes
"We recommend a visit to the Waldburg for travelers coming from Franconia and Bavaria, which is perfect for a panoramic view."
literature
- Hans Ulrich Rudolf (eds.), Berthold Büchele, Ursula Rückgauer: Places of rule and power - castles and palaces in the Ravensburg district . (= Upper Swabia - views and prospects. Volume 9). Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0508-6 , pp. 363-368.
- Hubert Graf Waldburg-Wolfegg: Thoughts on the earliest history of our family . Book and offset printer Walter Sauter, Kisslegg-Brunnen 1986, DNB 996171355 .
- Max Graf zu Waldburg-Wolfegg (Ed.): The Waldburg in Swabia . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7995-1069-1 . (comprehensive presentation with a 110-page essay on the building stock and building history of the Waldburg by Stefan Uhl)
Web links
- Waldburg community - The Waldburg
- 3D model of Waldburg Castle ( 3D model )
Individual evidence
- ↑ steudel waldburg - ZVAB. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Summit determination from the Burg Waldburg location with www.peakfinder.org
- ↑ Pictures from Goldenhoren on https://www.franzulrich.ch/Bergtouren/Jungfrau/index.html
- ↑ Summit determination with the digital Swiss national map (www.geoadmin.ch)