Burg Amlishagen

Burg Amlishagen 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 13^th Century and first mentioned in 1253. In the second half of the 14^th Century, 1601 and in the 19^th 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 October 31 on weekends only.

After the family von Wollmershausen died out in the 18^th 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

ee also

* List of castles in Baden-Württemberg
* Gerabronn

External links

* [http://www.burgeninventar.de/html/bw/SH_big.html Burg Amlishagen on Burgeninventar.de de_icon]
* [http://www.burgen-web.de/amlishagen.htm Burg Amlingshausen on burgen-web.de de_icon]
* [http://www.burgtour.de/burgen2.php Burg Amlingshagen on burgtour.de de_icon]