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Waldstein Castle
Waldstein Castle (german: Burg Waldstein) is a ruined castle on an eminence near ''Franzosenhof'' in the Waldstein valley near the village of Fischerbach in Ortenaukreis in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg. The hill castle was built by the lords of Waldstein, was mentioned in the records in 1353, but fell into ruins after 1500. Of the former castle site on a rock plateau of 40 by 10 metres, only a few sections of the ruined walls remain. See also * List of castles in Baden-Württemberg Numerous castles can be found in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events, domains of famous personalities and are still imposing buildings to ... Sources * Klein, Kurt (1997). ''Burgen, Schlösser und Ruinen. Zeugen der Vergangenheit im Ortenaukreis''. Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag. Offenburg. External links Waldstein Castle at burgeninventar.de Ruined castles in Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocca (architecture)
A rocca (literally: "rock") is a type of Italian fortified stronghold or fortress, typically located on a hilltop, beneath or on which the inhabitants of a historically clustered village or town might take refuge at times of trouble. Generally under its owners' patronage, the settlement might hope to find prosperity in better times. A rocca might in reality be no grander than a fortified farmhouse. A more extensive rocca would be referred to as a castello. The rocca in Roman times would more likely be a site of a venerable cult than a dwelling, like the high place of Athens, its Acropolis. Though the earliest documentation is not earlier than the eleventh century, it was during the Lombard times that farming communities, which had presented a Roman pattern of loosely distributed farmsteads or self-sufficient Roman villa, moved from their traditional places on the fringes of the best arable lands in river valleys, where they were dangerously vulnerable from the Roman roads, to de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fischerbach
Fischerbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History The town was first registered in 1139. The village was part of the Gengenbach monastery and the "Herren von Wolfach" (a noble family first registered in 1084) and later became part of the Fürstenberg shire. In 1806, Fischerbach became part of Baden, and since 1973, Fischerbach has been part of the district of Ortenau. Administratively Fischerbach is autonomous. Education Fischerbach has a kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th ce ... and elementary as well as a secondary school. References Towns in Baden-Württemberg Ortenaukreis {{Ortenaukreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ortenaukreis
Ortenaukreis ( gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Ortenaukrais; french: Arrondissement de l'Ortenau) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (clockwise from north) Rastatt, Freudenstadt, Rottweil, Schwarzwald-Baar and Emmendingen. To the west it borders the French Bas-Rhin ''département''. History The district was created in 1973 by merging the districts of Kehl, Lahr, Offenburg, Wolfach and the southern part of the district of Bühl. Geography The western part of the district is located in the Upper Rhine Valley, the eastern part belongs to the northern Black Forest. The highest elevation of the district, the Hornisgrinde (1164 m), is located in the north-east of the district. The lowest elevation (124.3 m) is in the Rhine valley to the north. The district is named after the historical territory of the Ortenau. Partnerships The district has a friendship with the Altenburger Land district in Thuringia. Offenburg district alr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a total area of nearly , it is the third-largest German state by both area (behind Bavaria and Lower Saxony) and population (behind North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria). As a federated state, Baden-Württemberg is a partly-sovereign parliamentary republic. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Other major cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Ulm. What is now Baden-Württemberg was formerly the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg became a state of West Germany in April 1952 by the merger of Württemberg-Baden, South Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Castle
A hill castle or mountain castle is a castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain. It is a term derived from the German ''Höhenburg'' used in categorising castle sites by their topographical location. Hill castles are thus distinguished from lowland castles (''Niederungsburgen''). Hill castles may be further subdivided depending on their situation into the following: * Hilltop castle (''Gipfelburg''), that stands on the summit of a hill with steep drops on all sides. A special type is the rock castle or ''Felsenburg''. * Ridge castle (''Kammburg''), that is built on the crest of a ridge. * Hillside castle (''Hangburg''), that is built on the side of a hill and thus is dominated by rising ground on one side. * Spur castle (''Spornburg''), that is built on a hill spur surrounded by steep terrain on three sides and thus only needs to be defended on the one remaining side. When in the 10th and 11th centuries castles lost their pure fortress charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Castles In Baden-Württemberg
Numerous castles can be found in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events, domains of famous personalities and are still imposing buildings to this day. This list encompasses castles described in German as ''Burg'' (castle), ''Festung'' (fort/fortress), '' Schloss'' (manor house) and ''Palais''/''Palast'' (palace). Many German castles after the middle ages were mainly built as royal or ducal palaces rather than as fortified buildings. Stuttgart Stuttgart : Landkreis Böblingen # Schloss Leonberg, Leonberg # Schloss Waldenbuch, Waldenbuch Landkreis Esslingen # Burgruine Diepoldsburg (Obere Diepoldsburg & Burgruine Rauber), Gde. Lenningen # Burgruine Grötzingen, commune of Aichtal-Grötzingen # Burgruine Hahnenkamm, commune of Bissingen an der Teck # Burgruine Heimenstein, commune of Neidlingen # Burgruine Hohengutenberg, commune of Lenningen-Gutenberg # Hohenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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