The Alsbacher Schloss near Alsbach-Hähnlein on Bergstrasse , in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district , is more of a fortress and was previously called Burg Bickenbach
The Alsbacher Schloss near Alsbach-Hähnlein on Bergstrasse , in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district , is more of a fortress and was previously called Burg Bickenbach .
History
Bickenbach Castle was built around 1235 by the Lords of Bickenbach on the 257 m high hill above the village of Alsbach, which was first mentioned in 773 in the Lorsch Codex . The predecessor was probably a moth near Alsbach, on the so-called hamlet hill . Since the 14th century, the castle was a Ganerbeburg in the joint possession of six owners. After one of the heirs, Hartmann (also Hamman ) Ulner von Dieburg , robbed merchants of the city of Frankfurt am Main , the city overran the castle in 1463 and burned it down. However, the facility was soon rebuilt.
From 1483 to 1502, one of the heirs , Erasmus Schenk von Erbach († 1503), managed to buy out almost all of the other heirs (including the Archbishop of Mainz and the Counts of Mansfeld) and to bring the castle and rule into his own possession to 5/6 , and from 1488 he called himself "Herr zu Erbach und Bickenbach".
When in the year 1504, the Landshut War of Succession , the so-called "Bavarian feud" broke out, was Rupert of the Rhine because of its Erbstreits with Duke Albrecht IV. Of Bavaria on April 23 by King Maximilian I with the outlawed occupied. Landgrave Wilhelm II of Hesse , entrusted by Maximilian with the execution of the eight, first took the Palatinate Castle Otzberg and then besieged the Alsbach Castle , since the taverns from Erbach were Palatinate vassals. The castle commandant Hans Gans von Otzberg did not let a storm come off and handed the keys of the castle to the landgrave on June 9, 1504. After the end of the War of Succession, Landgrave Wilhelm no longer gave the castle and the Bickenbach office . Wilhelm's son Philip the Magnanimous had the defense works repaired and reinforced. In his will he transferred the castle and the office of Bickenbach to his sons from his morganatic marriage with Margarete von der Saale , the Count of Diez . You seem to have had it in your hands as early as 1562. After the last of the Counts von Diez died in 1575, the property fell to Landgrave Georg I of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1577 .
In the course of the 17th century, but especially in the 18th century, the castle fell into disrepair, so that today the complex is only preserved as a ruin .
The main castle was laid out in a classic triangular shape. Parts of the outer curtain wall and a narrow kennel are also preserved. Most impressive is certainly the mighty - restored - keep , which is accessible from the defensive wall.
Historical and cultural development association Schloss Alsbach e. V.
Today, the facility is run by the Citizens' Association of Historic and Cultural Förderverein Schloss Alsbach e. V. , who has been managing the facility since 2000 on behalf of the State of Hesse. Numerous events are held to finance the maintenance of the castle. The association was founded on September 18, 1997 by the Alsbach heraldist and historian Dieter Krieger on the recommendation of the property management of the State of Hesse (state property management), the historical and cultural development association Schloss Alsbach . He has set himself the goal of promoting the castle ruins, maintaining, maintaining, beautifying and restoring them. Furthermore, the association aims to present the Hessian cultural property, Schloss Alsbach, to the visitors through cultural events and make it a popular and worth seeing excursion destination for the whole family. The association has been managing the castle independently since 2000.
Castle garden
Several herb gardens were set up in the entrance area and in the outer bailey. They are divided into a historical part with herbs from the garden of Hildegard von Bingen and the Capitular Emperor Charlemagne and a modern garden with modern herbs. There is also a rosarium with historical scented roses and a medieval grass bank, as well as a vineyard. Every year around 200 half-liter bottles of the castle wine "Barbakan" are bottled from the Regent vine .
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- Informationstafeln
- Burgturm
- Spielplatz
- Montag und Dienstag sind Ruhetage
- Ruinen der Burg
- Feste und Veranstaltungen