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/ref> The park is open to the public during daylight hours, but the castle is owned by Bernd Schottdorf, a physician who operates medical laboratories.
Demmingen village website
Hunting lodges in Germany {{BadenWürttemberg-struct-stub
Schloss Duttenstein is a Renaissance
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hunting castle (German: ''Jagdschloss'') located near the village of Demmingen, which is part of the town of Dischingen
Dischingen is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The municipality consists of several smaller villages that have been absorbed into Dischingen, Ballmertshofen, Demmingen, Dunstelkingen, Eglin ...
in 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 ...
in Germany
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The first castle on this site was built between 1200 and 1374, perhaps for the Graf
(feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "coun ...
von Oettingen. The Renaissance style castle was built between 1564 and 1572 for the Fugger
The House of Fugger () is a German upper bourgeois family that was historically a prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and vent ...
family. It passed through several owners before the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis acquired the castle. In 1817, Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
, title = Prince of Thurn and Taxis
, image = Karl Alexander von Thurn und Taxis.jpg
, caption =
, reign = 13 November 1805 – 15 July 1827
, reign-type = Period
, coronation =
, predecessor = ...
donated 504 hectares for a nature park. The nature park is today home to deer, wild pigs and about 50 other species./ref> The park is open to the public during daylight hours, but the castle is owned by Bernd Schottdorf, a physician who operates medical laboratories.
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 ...
References
External links
Demmingen village website
Hunting lodges in Germany {{BadenWürttemberg-struct-stub