Lichtenstein Castle in Germany

D Pos - Lichtenstein Castle, also known as the "Fairy tale castle of Württemberg," is an 1840s Biedermeier style Gothic Revival castle built on a large rock near Honau, Reutlingen, in the Swabian Jura situated in the Tüblingen region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Demolition of the Forsthaus, 1839
Since 1100, a castle belonging to a family of Ministerials of the Counts of Alchalm, and later Counts of Württemberg, has been located on this part of the Albtrauf above the source of the river Echaz.


The castle and its denizens, the Lords of Lichtenstein, were not allied to the city-state of Reutlingen and were thus under frequent attack. The citizens of Reutlingen destroyed the castle in 1377.


A new castle was built some 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the ruins (now referred to as Burg Alt-Lichtenstein) on the site of the current structure, and was one of the most impressive fortifications of the Late Middle Ages.


Despite such features as early casemates that made it nearly unassailable, the castle ceased to be the Ducal seat in 1567 and fell into disrepair. During the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), the Forhaus was repossessed by the Tyrolean line of the Hapsburgs following the death of the last Liechtensteiner in 1687 during the Great Turkish War. The coat of arms of their family, a pair of golden angel wings on a blue background, is still displayed in the Rittersaal (English: Knight's hall) of the castle.


In 1802, King Frederick I of Württemberg came into possession of the castle, dismantled it to its foundations and replaced it with a somewhat ungainly hunting lodge, or Forsthaus.

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Lichtenstein Castle in Germany

Lichtenstein Castle in Germany

D Pos - Lichtenstein Castle, also known as the "Fairy tale castle of Württemberg," is an 1840s Biedermeier style Gothic Revival castle built on a large rock near Honau, Reutlingen, in the Swabian Jura situated in the Tüblingen region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Demolition of the Forsthaus, 1839
Since 1100, a castle belonging to a family of Ministerials of the Counts of Alchalm, and later Counts of Württemberg, has been located on this part of the Albtrauf above the source of the river Echaz.


The castle and its denizens, the Lords of Lichtenstein, were not allied to the city-state of Reutlingen and were thus under frequent attack. The citizens of Reutlingen destroyed the castle in 1377.


A new castle was built some 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the ruins (now referred to as Burg Alt-Lichtenstein) on the site of the current structure, and was one of the most impressive fortifications of the Late Middle Ages.


Despite such features as early casemates that made it nearly unassailable, the castle ceased to be the Ducal seat in 1567 and fell into disrepair. During the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), the Forhaus was repossessed by the Tyrolean line of the Hapsburgs following the death of the last Liechtensteiner in 1687 during the Great Turkish War. The coat of arms of their family, a pair of golden angel wings on a blue background, is still displayed in the Rittersaal (English: Knight's hall) of the castle.


In 1802, King Frederick I of Württemberg came into possession of the castle, dismantled it to its foundations and replaced it with a somewhat ungainly hunting lodge, or Forsthaus.