Yburg (Remstal)

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Yburg
View of the Yburg from the southeast

View of the Yburg from the southeast

Alternative name (s): Eibenburg, Yberg
Creation time : around 1300 to 1350
Castle type : Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Kernels in the Remstal
Geographical location 48 ° 47 '10.5 "  N , 9 ° 20' 37.4"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '10.5 "  N , 9 ° 20' 37.4"  E
Height: 330  m above sea level NN
Yburg (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Yburg

The Yburg [ ˈiːbʊʁk ], also called Yberg or Eibenburg , is the ruin of a hillside castle in the district of the municipality of Kernen in the Remstal in the Rems-Murr district in Baden-Württemberg .

Geographical location

Above the Kernener district of Stetten in the Remstal at 330  m above sea level. NN dominates the Yburg widely visible from the vineyards on the slopes of a side of the Rems up. The former residential castle, surrounded by vineyards, was not built on a hill, but into the slope.

It is located in the middle of the renowned vineyards Pulvermächer , Lindhälder and Brotwasser .

Surname

The original name of the building was Eibenburg . This name gradually changed via Yberg to today's name Yburg.

history

The exact time when the Yburg was founded is unknown; it was built in the early 14th century by the Stetten Truchsessen . After the construction of the moated castle in the valley (1384-1387), however, the Yburg increasingly lost its importance for the Stetten rule. In 1443 Hans von Yberg sold the castle and his share in the village to the House of Württemberg . The castle, which was described as dilapidated in 1598, was repaired again in 1659 and received a fourth floor.

On the orders of Duke Carl Eugen von Württemberg , the castle complex was demolished in 1760/61, except for the outer walls that are still visible today.

In 1845 a plane tree was planted in the courtyard of the Yburg . This was removed again in 1931 because a number of birds gathered in the treetop and feasted on the grapes from the surrounding vineyards.

In 1969 the castle was acquired by the community of Stetten im Remstal from the House of Württemberg and made ready for public inspection.

description

Connection of the niche vault to the cellar wall

Since the castle complex was designed as a pure residential castle, it did not have any defensive structures.

The Yburg looks like a cube. The unadorned outer walls are all still preserved. The entrance gate is located on the west side facing down the valley. To the left of the entrance is a doorless room with a vaulted ceiling in the interior of the castle , which extends to the north wall and has a narrow window there.

On the east side there are two rooms, also with vaulted ceilings, whose ogival entrances are opposite the castle entrance. The rooms themselves extend to the outer wall of the castle and each have a narrow window.

In the south-west corner of the building to the right of the entrance, stairs lead up to the next floor. The ceilings of the floors above and the roof are no longer there.

Since the castle did not have its own well, the water had to be carried up from the valley via the castle walkway.

  • The entrance gate

  • Entrances to the basement rooms

  • Interior view of the western wall

  • View from the vineyards over Burg and Remstal

  • The illuminated YBurg at night

Todays use

The ruin is a popular hiking destination as it offers a good view of Stetten and the Remstal .

Every year in August a wine tasting of the Stettener Weingärtnergenossenschaft takes place here.

particularities

Signpost for the Stetten Wine Trail

The Stettener Weinweg, an approximately one-hour tour around the castle through the vineyards of Lindhälder, Brotwasser and Pulvermächer, offers the opportunity to find out about the different varieties and how they are grown.

The location “Brotwasser” below the castle owes its name to a lady-in-waiting who resided in Stetten and who secretly dipped her bread in wine instead of water.

Sculptures by Karl Ulrich Nuss have been on display at the Yburg since April 17, 2011 .

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

literature

  • Gerhard Fritz, Roland Schurig (ed.): The castles in the Rems-Murr-Kreis . 1st edition. Manfred Hennecke Verlag, Remshalden 1994, ISBN 3-927981-42-7 , pp. 78-80.

Web links

Commons : Yburg  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erwin Bocherle: From the history of Stetten in the Remstal and its corridors. Greiner, Remshalden, 2005, p. 20.
  2. ^ Article in the Stuttgarter Zeitung about the sculptures on the Yburg ( Memento from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ ZVW - An encounter with the sculptor Karl Ulrich Nuss and his work with the city and art guide Toni Herm in Kernen ( Memento from June 18, 2019 in the Internet Archive )