Feuerstein Castle

Feuerstein Castle (

Second World War

.

At the end of the war the castle was seized by American soldiers, from 1946 it was rented by the

Archdiocese of Bamberg

under Jupp Schneider and sold in 1949. Since then the castle and the entire estate have been in use as a Roman Catholic youth and conference centre.

History

Target Intelligence Committee), which described the work of Vierling at Feuerstein Castle in more detail. According to this, Vierling worked for the Nazis on speech encoding methods, acoustic torpedo control, acoustic detonation of mines, anti-detection technology for U-boats and in the fields of radio and electrotechnology.^[1]

A relict of its construction period is the present wine cellar, formally a walk-in safe with a ten-centimetre-thick steel door. The charm of the castle comes not from any medieval origin, but from its wartime history and its young age.

The castle has been expanded by dormitory accommodation, a dining hall, leisure facilities (Kegelbahn, table tennis, volleyball, hard court, sports field), conference rooms, camping sites, agriculture, a riding stable and a glider airfield. Today Feuerstein Castle is a modern youth facility owned by the Diocese of Bamberg.

In 1999

microwave radio relay relay station to link it to the town of Ebermannstadt

in the valley. In this way the tower built by Vierling to test the first radio relay link continues to fulfil its original purpose.

Panorama of Feuerstein Castle, November 2013

The churches

In 1961 the Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus was opened. It consists of three spaces: the crypt, the lower church and the upper church. The crypt is accessed by steps from the lower church and only dimly lit. It houses the eternal flame and the tabernacle. On the sides of the tabernacle are twelve candlesticks which represent the twelve apostles.

The lower church is dedicated to

Christian spirituality

: Oratio – Meditatio – Contemplatio ("prayer - meditation - contemplation").

The upper church was designed by the architect Heinzmann and cathedral master builder Schädel. It was consecrated in 1961 and constructionally anticipated the

stations of the cross

were created in 2005 by a youth group.

References

^ Nazi-Labor in Oberfranken: Geheimwaffen aus dem Burgverlies. einestages. Zeitgeschichten auf Spiegel Online. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
^ Siehe die Instruktion zur ordnungsmäßen Durchführung der Konstitution über die heilige Liturgie "Inter oecumenici", 26 September 1964, No. 91.

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Feuerstein Castle

49°47′08″N 11°09′45″E / 49.78556°N 11.16250°E / 49.78556; 11.16250

[1] Nazi-Labor in Oberfranken: Geheimwaffen aus dem Burgverlies. einestages. Zeitgeschichten auf Spiegel Online. Retrieved 22 April 2011.

[2] Siehe die Instruktion zur ordnungsmäßen Durchführung der Konstitution über die heilige Liturgie "Inter oecumenici", 26 September 1964, No. 91.

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History

The churches

See also

References

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