Guttenberg Castle (Palatinate)
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The Burg Guttenberg ( rarely also Guttenburg ) is a ruined castle rock near the French border in the German part of the Wasgau that belongs to the Palatinate Forest ( Rhineland -Palatinate).
Geography
The castle is a hill fort in the Upper Mundatwald about three kilometers west of Oberotterbach on the 503 meter high Schlossberg. In each one kilometer include in the northwest of the High Derst ( 561 meters) and to the south of the High Head ( 497 meters ) to. On the northeastern slope of the castle hill below the castle of Otterbach, a left tributary of the Rhine rises.
History
The castle in 1151 may have been first mentioned as Hohenstaufen imperial castle, which was managed by the ministry officials Landolfo de Gudenburc or with Ulrich von Guttenberg ( Udelricus de Gudenburhc ), which in 1174 the monastery Eußerthal then made a donation. Secure first mention is in 1246 as Isengard von Falkenstein, deputizing for her husband Reichstruchsess Philip I of Falkenstein, the castle of King Conrad IV handed.
From 1317 the castle became half as a fief to the counts of Leiningen, while the other half came a little later in the Palatinate.
In the Palatine division of 1410, the castle Duke Stefan von Pfalz -Zweibrücken - simmering slammed. The Leininger 1463 lost their ownership share, which got to the sidelines Wittelsbach Palatinate -Zweibrücken on the Hanau- Lichtenberg.
1525 in the German Peasants' War Guttenberg Castle was destroyed by Lorraine peasant mob. The ruin was not rebuilt, relocated the associated office after Doerrenbach. With the extinction of the Heidelberg line received Palatinate -Zweibrücken in 1559 and the other half of the rule Guttenberg, together with the associated part of the ruinous castle.
1680-1697 was the area under the successes of Reunionspolitik under French sovereignty. From 1792 to 1815, the region was part of France and was the department of Bas -Rhin (department Niederrhein) assigned. The area between the Lauter and the Queich, hence the ruin Guttenberg came under the sovereignty of Austria because of the Second Treaty of Paris ( November 1815 ) agreements. In April 1816, finally, the entire palace was ceded in a treaty of Austria to the Kingdom of Bavaria.
After the end of World War II, the plant came into the ownership of the state of Rhineland -Palatinate, but stood from 1949 to 1986 under French administration.
From 1989 to 1995 substance fuses were carried out with the support of the Board of Trustees to maintain the Mundatwaldes.
Castle
From the castle, only small parts are in place since it was used after its destruction as a quarry. On the hilltop built, which is topped by a rocky reef, it originally covered an area of about 50 by 25 meters. Of the three towers of the castle on the cliff top just the keep is partly preserved. In addition, are located in this area, numerous bars and post holes and the remains of a rock-hewn staircase, which once served as a liaison to the lower castle. From this still exist parts of the enclosure, building foundations and a goal.
Today, the rocks of the upper castle is a platform which allows the views of the Upper Mundatwald and the Rhine valley.
Rule Guttenberg
The corresponding rule for Guttenberg villages were divided into the Upper and Lower community. The Upper enclosed the later fallen desolate village Guttenberg, also the villages Oberotterbach, Doerrenbach, legal Bach, Mundorf, Harwerden and the exclave Munchweiler. The Lower community comprised Minfeld, candelabra with courtyards and Minderslachen, Freckenfeld, Vollmersweiler and Niederotterbach. After an exchange of territory between Palatinate -Zweibrücken and the Palatinate in 1786, the previous office Guttenberg to Zweibrücken Oberamt, which is exchanged offices Selz and Hagenbach were subordinated was ..