Amlishagen Castle

Central keep at Amlishagen Castle

Wall of Amlishagen Castle

Amlishagen Castle is a castle near the village of Amlishagen, which is a section of the town of Gerabronn, in the Schwäbisch Hall District of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

The castle was built in the 13th Century and first mentioned in 1253. In the second half of the 14th Century, 1601 and in the 19th Century the castle was expanded and renovated. The castle was owned by the Lords of Amlingshagen and later by the Lords of Wollmershausen. The castle is currently privately owned and occupied. It can be visited from Easter until 31 October on weekends only.

After the family von Wollmershausen died out in the 18th Century, the castle was owned by a number of individuals. The castle was finally bought by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher the Prussian Generalfeldmarschall who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with the Duke of Wellington. A distant descendant owns the castle today.

References

• Antonow: Die Schildmauer bei Burgen im Südwestdeutschen Raum im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert. Stuttgart 1974
• Wilhelm Gradmann: Burgen und Schlösser in Hohenlohe. Stuttgart 1982
• Friedrich Wilhelm Krahe: Burgen des Deutschen Mittelalters. Würzburg 2000
• Dieter Planck: Archäologie in Baden-Württemberg. Das Archäologische Landesmuseum, Außenstelle Konstanz. Theiss. Stuttgart 1994. ISBN 3-8062-1168-X

See also

• List of castles in Baden-Württemberg
• Gerabronn

External links

• Burg Amlishagen on Burgeninventar.de (German)
• Burg Amlingshausen on burgen-web.de (German)
• Burg Amlingshagen on burgtour.de (German)
• Drawing of the castle in its original state by Wolfgang Braun

Coordinates: 49°15′45″N 9°57′43″E / 49.26250°N 9.96194°E