Neuenstein Castle

Coordinates: 49°12′15″N 9°34′44″E / 49.2041°N 9.5788°E / 49.2041; 9.5788
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Neuenstein Castle, winter 2006

Neuenstein Castle (

State of Baden-Württemberg.[1]

History

Colored wood engraving, Otto Baisch [de], 1880

The origins of the present castle can be found in a

moated castle from the early 13th century. It stood on a sandbank in a swampy area near an old long-distance trade route that led from the Rhine via Wimpfen east to the Danube
.

Aerial view, 2015

Around 1230, the complex was owned by the Lords of Stein, whose descendants later called themselves "von Neuenstein". Around 1300, the Neuenstein estate came to the

Bartenstein and Schillingsfürst) in the main state division of 1551.[2] After the complex had already been expanded in the 15th century,[3] Count Louis Casimir had the castle redesigned into a castle in the Renaissance style by the Heilbronn master builder Balthasar Wolff.[4][5] The expansion lasted until the beginning of the 17th century.[6]

After

baroque style in keeping with contemporary taste. Neuenstein Castle subsequently stood empty and rapidly fell into disrepair. Later it served as a breeding and workhouse, a retirement home and an orphanage.[7]

1800 to present

The castle, 2018

From 1870 onwards, renovation work was carried out in the Imperial Hall in order to then lay the foundation for a family museum of the House of Hohenlohe with a collection of antiques from Kirchberg Castle.[8] It was one of the first private museums in Germany and was open to the public from 1878.[6]

At the beginning of the 20th century, Prince Christian Kraft Herzog zu Hohenlohe-Öhringe commissioned the architect and castle researcher Bodo Ebhardt to carry out a comprehensive restoration of the castle.[9] The work took place between 1906 and 1925.[6] In the course of this, the complex was expanded by another floor, which, as a new building, enabled greater living comfort than the Renaissance floors. After the expropriation of their Silesian residence Sławięcice Palace in 1945 and the sales of the Kirchberg and Ingelfingen castles in 1952 and Öhringen in 1961 (as well as the Friedrichsruhe hunting lodge in Zweiflingen in 2005), Neuenstein Castle is now both a museum and residence of the owner, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen (b. 1933).

Architecture

The

Renaissance style castle is a closed four-wing building with six floors. At its northwest corner stands the Romanesque keep of the former castle. Two further corners are occupied by high round towers. A bridge leads to the entrance, which is decorated with the coats of arms of Louis Casimir, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, and his wife Anna von Solms-Laubach.[10]

  • View from approach, 2020
    View from approach, 2020
  • Relief over the entrance, 2020
    Relief over the entrance, 2020
  • Interior courtyard, 2020
    Interior courtyard, 2020
  • Interior courtyard, 2020
    Interior courtyard, 2020
  • The castle, 2019
    The castle, 2019
  • The castle, 2007
    The castle, 2007

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-521-81920-6
    . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ISBN 978-0-300-17170-9
    . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ISBN 978-0-14-056031-2
    . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ^ Das Königreich Württemberg: eine Beschriebung von Land, Volk und Staat (in German). W. Kohlhammer. 1884. p. 282. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ Baedeker (Firm), Karl (1925). Württemberg und Hohenzollern: schwäbische Alb, Bodensee, Württembergischer Schwarzwald. Handbuch für Reisende (in German). K. Baedeker. p. 42. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Schloss Neuenstein". www.fuersthohenlohe.de (in German). Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ^ Todd, Charles Burr (1896). "German Castles--VII | The Palace". The American Architect and Building News. James R. Osgood & Company: 51–53. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ISBN 978-1-349-07014-5
    . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  9. ^ Württembergische Vierteljahrshefte für Landesgeschichte (in German). W. Kohlhammer. 1920. p. 200. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  10. ISBN 978-3-7995-7651-2
    . Retrieved 16 January 2024.

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