Brandenstein Castle is a high medieval castle in the Hessian ridge near Schlüchtern-Elm in the Main-Kinzig district , Hesse
Brandenstein Castle is a high medieval castle in the Hessian ridge near Schlüchtern-Elm in the Main-Kinzig district , Hesse .
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Ownership history
The castle was mentioned in 1278 in the oldest surviving documentary evidence as the possession of Hermann von Brandenstein . 1307 she went along with related materiel, later Office Brandenstein , as a fief of the Bishopric of Würzburg to the counts of Rieneck-Rothenfels , 1316 it became the property of Ulrich IV. Of Hanau . From 1424 to 1540 the castle was owned by the Lords of Eberstein, initially as a pledge and later as a fief . After their extinction, the castle fell back to Hanau. In 1717 the castle and the associated office of Hanau were given a loan of 100,000 guilderspledged to the Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel and since then administered as part of the Landgraviate. The pledge was used by Count Johann Reinhard III. , the last male member of the Hanau count family, in addition , the Hanau-Lichtenberger passive loan of the diocese of Strasbourg and the archbishopric of Mainz for his only daughter, Countess Charlotte Christine , married to Hereditary Prince Ludwig (VIII.) of Hesse-Darmstadt, even after his death , and to secure their heirs.
After the death of Count Johann Reinhard III. In 1736, Landgrave Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel inherited the County of Hanau-Münzenberg and with it Brandenstein Castle. The Brandenstein office was initially administered like a part of the Landgraviate, although due to the special circumstances in the family of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel, the County of Hanau-Münzenberg was treated as a secondary school for younger princes for over half a century . It was not until Landgrave Wilhelm IX. - initially regent in Hanau - also inherited the Landgraviate, the office and Brandenstein Castle were again added to the County of Hanau-Münzenberg, now practically a part of the state of Hessen-Kassel. In 1803 the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel becameThe Electorate of Hesse was raised, but then, standing on the losing side in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, it was annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia as an independent state. The castle now belonged to the Prussian state.
In 1895 it came back into the hands of a Brandensteiner: the Württemberg officer Gustav von Brandenstein bought the castle. In 1905 Alexander von Brandenstein took over the property. He married the daughter of the legendary Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1909 and was raised to the rank of Count (in primogeniture) by King Wilhelm II of Württemberg on the occasion of the wedding . Now he had the family name Brandenstein-Zeppelin. The castle is still owned by the family today. Today the castle is owned by Constantin von Brandenstein-Zeppelin , the younger brother of Albrecht Graf von Brandenstein-Zeppelin .
Building history
The castle was probably built after 1243 by a branch of the Lords of Steckelberg to secure their bailiwick area. After 1316, Ulrich IV von Hanau expanded the castle as an official seat. In the 15th century the castle was enlarged. Because of the raids and robberies of Mangold II. Von Eberstein and his feud against the imperial city of Nuremberg , the castle was shot at and captured by troops under the command of the Franconian district chief Count Georg II. Von Wertheim in 1522 on the orders of Emperor Charles V. After 1540, after it fell back to the Counts of Hanau , the castle was converted into a renaissance castle. During theThirty Years War it was a refuge for the residents of the surrounding villages.
Since 1872, the 144 m long crosses Brandenstein Tunnel of the railway line Flieden-Gemünden Castle Hill about 100 m in the area of the access road in front of the castle. In 1895/96 Gustav von Brandenstein renovated the castle he had just bought.
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