Flehingen moated castle

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Moated castle in Flehingen

The moated castle Flehingen is a Renaissance moated castle in Flehingen , a district of the municipality of Oberderdingen in the district of Karlsruhe in north-western Baden-Württemberg . For a long time it was the headquarters of the Lords of Flehingen .

history

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Alliance coat of arms (1722) Wolff-Metternich to the canal and Truchseß von Wetzhausen above the portal

A castle is mentioned in the same place as early as 1353. This castle was sold in 1366 together with the village of Flehingen to the noble free members of Strahlberg , from whom the Elector Ruprecht I of the Palatinate acquired Flehingen and Sickingen in 1368. As a fief, the rule came to the Lords of Flehingen in 1396. Today's palace building was built around 1565 by Ludwig Wolf von Flehingen (1517–1600) and his wife Anna, née Göler von Ravensburg , using the existing parts of the Niederburg wall, which had been burned down by Count Ulrich von Württemberg during the War of Landshut Succession . In 1637 the manor and the castle came to the baron Johann Adolf Wolff Metternich zur Gracht , who received Flehingen as a fiefdom of the Electorate of the Palatinate from Elector Maximilian of Bavaria . In 1803 Flehingen came into the possession of the Grand Duchy of Baden , but the castle remained in the possession of Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht. In 1876 the castle was sold to the municipality of Flehingen for 550,000 marks . In 1894, the Baden state acquired the castle in order to set up an educational institution in it. In 1904 and 1905, the interior of the castle was rebuilt for this purpose. Today it is used as an education center of the "Municipal Association for Youth and Social Affairs Baden-Württemberg (KVJS)". The castle also houses four state-recognized technical schools.

description

The two-storey four-wing complex with a square floor plan and four square corner towers is now surrounded by a drained moat. The boss blocks on the south tower of the rear wing may have come from a previous building. The alliance coat of arms of Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht and Truchseß von Wetzhausen from 1722 is located above the arched portal , which can be reached via a moat bridge .

literature

  • Hartmut Riehl: Castles and palaces in the Kraichgau . 2nd edition, Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 1998, ISBN 3-929366-51-7 , pp. 92-94.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Flehingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (Ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X , p. 211.
  2. ↑ Hans Rott: The cultural monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Ninth volume: Karlsruhe district. First department: The art monuments of the district of Bretten. Mohr, Tübingen, 1913, p. 52.
  3. ^ Karl Stommel: Johann Adolf Freiherr Wolff called Metternich zur Gracht . Cologne 1986. ISBN 3792709198 , p. 191

Coordinates: 49 ° 5 ′ 16.5 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 40.7 ″  E