Klopp Castle
Klopp Castle (German: Burg Klopp) is a castle in the town of Bingen am Rhein in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In the nineteenth century, the bergfried (similar to a keep) from the original medieval fortified castle was restored and a new building added which houses the town's administration.
History
The castle stands on a hill above the town with a wide-ranging view, which may have been the site of a Roman fortification built by Nero Claudius Drusus at Bingium around 10 CE.[1][2] Drusenburg or Drususburg was an early name for the castle.[3] The hill is one of three locations where local legend says that Emperor Henry IV was imprisoned by his son in 1105 or 1106, this being the first surviving mention of a castle there.[4][5][6]
The last medieval castle on the site was built in the 13th century: possibly around 1281,
The state of
In 1853 the gatehouse, the bridge across the moat and the fortifications were rebuilt for Ludwig Maria Cron. The bergfried was rebuilt as a crenellated tower 26 metres high, with four corner turrets.[9] In 1875–79, a new Gothic building was built on the site. The architect for both was the mayor, Eberhard Soherr.[9][3][14] The base of the bergfried, the moat and parts of the southern curtain wall and its chemin de ronde are the only remnants of the medieval castle.
Current use
The rebuilt bergfried formerly housed the town's local history museum,[1][2] which moved in 1998 to a former power station on the waterfront.[15][16] The larger Gothic building has been the seat of government and mayoral residence since 1897.[2][9][15] There is also a gourmet restaurant.[17]
Events
- Burg Rheinstein, Assmannshausen, the Mouse Tower, Ehrenfels Castle, Klopp Castle and the Brömserburg.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-88920-268-9, p. 291.
- ^ a b c Monk Gibbon, The Rhine and its Castles, London: Putnam, 1957, OCLC 1327080, p. 140.
- ^ a b Deutsche Bauzeitung 66, 13 August 1881, vol. 15 p. 371 (in German)
- ^ Taylor, pp. 291, 293.
- ^ According to Gibbon, pp. 139–40, they met and spent the night together at the castle but the imprisonment was elsewhere.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-7954-1460-3, p. 18(in German)
- ^ Taylor, p. 12.
- ISBN 978-3-8260-2634-8, pp. 191–212, pp. 192–93(in German)
- ^ a b c d e Taylor, p. 293.
- ^ Die Rheinlande von der Schweizer bis zur holländischen Grenze: Handbuch für Reisende, 27th ed. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1895, p. 248 (in German)
- ^ Schmandt, p. 193; but he reports it to have been the bergfried rather than the gate tower.
- Tate Gallery
- ^ Schmandt, p. 194.
- ISBN 978-3-920615-10-3, p. 203(in German)
- ^ a b Bingen, Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal, retrieved 30 March 2011 (in German)
- ^ "Historisches Museum am Strom". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ISBN 978-1-74059-988-7, p. 494.
Further reading
- J.H.A. Hockenbeck, Geschichte des Schlosses Klopp bei Bingen: nach vorhandenen Nachrichten und angestellten Untersuchungen zugestellt. Bingen: Jung, 1882. OCLC 253436863 (in German)
- Matthias Schmandt, "Die Geschichte der Burg Klopp in Bingen". Heimatjahrbuch des Landkreises Bingen 2004 (in German)
- Gerd Rupprecht. Ed. Alexander Heising. Vom Faustkeil zum Frankenschwert. Bingen - Geschichte einer Stadt am Mittelrhein. Binger Stadtgeschichte 2. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8053-3257-6(in German)
External links
- Burg Klopp at the European Castle Database (EBIDAT) (in German)
- Restaurant Burg Klopp
Gallery
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Ruins of Klopp Castle above Bingen, by Rudolf Bodmer, circa 1830 -
Klopp Castle at the turn of the 20th century -
View of the castle from the River Nahe -
Castle gatehouse
49°57′58.8″N 7°53′47.7″E / 49.966333°N 7.896583°E
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