Burg Stettenfels in Untergruppenbach

Le château est ouvert au public et est géré. Des concerts et des animations théâtrales ont lieu au château au nom de la communauté. Chaque année depuis 2005 a lieu une fête du château médiéval avec des tournois de chevaliers, de jongleurs, de musique et d'artisans. Le festival se déroule le 1er mai et le week-end suivant depuis 2007 et compte aujourd'hui plusieurs centaines de participants et des milliers de visiteurs.

Stettenfels Castle is a hill fort and chateau complex that has existed since the Middle Ages and is now used for cultural events.
The castle was built in the 11th century. From 1356 she was owned by Burkhard, Ritter von Sturmfeder. From 1462 to 1478 the lords of Helmstatt were owners of the castle. In the conquest 1504 in the Landshut war of succession by the Württemberger the castle came into their possession and became 1507 fief of the Württemberg mantle Konrad Thumb of Neuburg. His son Hans Konrad Thumb of Neuburg sold the fief in 1527 to Philipp von Hirnheim, who is considered a reformer of Gruppenbach.
In 1551 Anton Fugger, a nephew of Jacob the Rich, acquired the castle. His son Hans Fugger had the facility rebuilt in 1576 by the master builder Wendel Dietrich into a renaissance castle. In 1594 the castle burned down, but was restored by Dietrich. In the 18th century was still trying to found a Kapuzinerhospices by the Fugger, these buildings were destroyed in 1735 by Württemberg. In 1747, Duke Karl of Württemberg acquired the property. In 1829, the community of Gruppenbach acquired the property and retained rights of use for subsequent sales. In the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries were continuous renovations. 1852 acquired the red tanner Friedrich grain from Calw the estate, 1858 the Hamburg businessman Anton Mayer, 1881 the landowner Friedrich Bürkle. Until 1888, the plant housed the State Forestry Office, in the same year acquired the Weinsberg farmer Christian Hildt the castle.
In 1901, the Cologne lawyer Dr. Walter Putsch the facility and renovated the buildings in a contemporary style. In 1918, the Haldenwang family acquired the property. 1924 acquired the shoe manufacturer Siegfried Levy from Kornwestheim the plant. On October 5, 1937, however, the castle was "Aryanized" and the Jewish owner fled to South Africa. 1939, the old bailiwick were rebuilt and parts of the plant demolished to build a "religious castle" of the NSDAP, which could not be realized due to the war.
After the Second World War, the plant was initially under American asset management. From 1946, the Protestant church operated a leisure and retirement home at the castle. In 1951, the castle came through a indemnity process to the widow of Siegfried Levy, who sold the castle in 1957 to Friedrich Spieser, of whose heirs the plant in 1994 to the Fleiner architect Roland Weimar passed.

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