Weitenburg
The wide castle is located in the Neckar Valley in the commune Starzach between Börstingen and Sulzau on the northern side of the valley. A fortified fortified castle stood high above the Neckar as early as 1062. The Lords of Weitingen are believed to be the builders. Over the centuries, it was expanded into a three-wing residential palace, the various architectural styles of which reflect the spirit of the Renaissance, Baroque and Neo-Gothic periods.
history
The Weitenburg is first mentioned on June 15, 1437, when the feudal lord Hans Pfuser von Nordstetten captured two ambassadors who were under the protection of Count Ludwig von Württemberg . Count Ludwig then rushed in front of the castle, had it plundered, Pfuser's wife was taken away and a servant was beheaded in Tubingen. At the end of the feud, he gave the castle back to Hans Pfuser.
The main building of the castle is the Ehingerbau , a simple three-storey stone house with a huge saddle roof, the main parts of which were built by Jakob von Ehingen in 1585. He had no children and therefore sold the castle to Duke Johann Friedrich von Württemberg , who immediately sold it on. In 1656 the Pomeranian Colonel Sergeant Quirin von Hönstett acquired the castle, who added the two side wings and a magnificent entrance gate to the main building. This impressive portal shows a lush cartilage in the blasted gable into which the initials QVH are incorporated. The eastern wing was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style in the 19th century. Finally, in 1720, Baron Rupert Raßler von Gamerschwang bought the Weitenburg estate for 43,000 Rhenish guilders . His descendants are the owners to this day.
In 1954, engineer Baron Max Richard von Raßler opened Weitenburg Castle to paying guests - initially as a restaurant, later also as a hotel. Since 1998 it is possible to get married in the state room, the red salon. The castle is named after the Golf Club Schloss Weitenburg . Its golf course, which extends below the Weitenburg in the Neckar Valley around the village of Sulzau , was built in 1984.
literature
- Franz Quarthal (Ed.): Between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb. Publication by the Alemannic Institute Freiburg. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1984, ISBN 3-7995-4034-2 .
- Wolfgang Sannwald (Ed.): History traits : between Schönbuch, Gäu and Alb: The district of Tübingen; a book project by the Tübingen district. Gomaringen 2006, ISBN 978-3-926969-25-5 .
- Siegfried Krezdorn: The mountain castle Weitenburg in the course of history. Biberach: Biberach publishing house, 1964.
- State archive administration Baden-Württemberg: The district of Tübingen: Official district description Volume III - with numerous illustrations, graphic representations and map supplements. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1974.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 54 ″ N , 8 ° 49 ′ 12 ″ E