A Renaissance Hunting Castle on Sacred Abbey Grounds
Date(s): 2007. Photos by Aymar. 1 - 40 of 40 Total. 5655 Visits.
1 Hirsau, maquette of Abbey and Castle The Romanesque basilica and the ducal Castle from 1592. A latter a creation of Duke Ludwig's star architect Beer. It was burned down exactly 100 years later. Foreground: a daring water race. Some of the rebuilt granaries house today administrative offices.
2 Hirsau, maquette of Abbey and Castle Hot air balloon perspective. - There are limits what you can do with retouching. The maquette is under glass. Some glaring surfaces are unavoidable.
3 Hirsau, ground floor plan
4 Renaissance Castle, outer gateway
5 Renaissance Castle The 'Royal Crown' on top of the Duke's coat of arm somewhat tricky. I guess you can always call it something else. - The brace of fish in the forth quarter stand for Montbéliard/Mömpelgard. (Duke Frederick II saying: A brace of fish for a crown. The title upgrade was in part a compensation of the ceded territory.)
6 Renaissance Castle, Torturm This second gateway leads to the ducal apartment complex.
7 Renaissance castle, Torturm The clockface is historic collage. Melac is shown in the upper left hand corner. Know thy nemesis.
9 Renaissance Castle, Torturm This perspective make believe clockface may come close to the orginal.
10 Renaissance Castle, Torturm
11 Renaissance Castle,Torturm Dressed lady in mixed company. At least everyone is properly ided.
12 Renaissance Castle, 'funnel' tower personal tag
13 Renaissance Castle, ' funnel' tower
14 Renaissance Castle, backdrop Little house in the forest. Suitable for spyglass observation of the duke's apartments. Probably as good a place as any to look for a dusty 17th century secret service manual.
19 House of the four gables most likely the ducal suite
20 House of the four gables
21 House of the four gables
22 House of the four gables All gables, once brightly painted, were originally topped by weather vanes.
23 House of the four gables Bullseye. One of the four weather vanes of the castle. And some things never change. Actually not too bad if one consider that they had only smoothbores at the time. > KMH
24 House of the four gables Attached weather vane. The 'streamers' are missing. > KMH
25 house of the four gables The fountain of the ducal courtyard is currently removed. I suspect that the water conduits of the abbey were tapped. This may also explain the pond. The two linden trees which did once grown inside the gutted building are the subject matter for a slightly 'transcendental' Uhland poem. I would not judge their height as exceptional. - Oil painting by Albert Kappis, 1865 > Original, KMH.
26 House of the four gables no follie without a parasoled little lady in white. - Oil painting. Probably also by Kappis. > KMH
27 House of the four gables Renaissance Castle, Nagold side - Robert Stieler, 1870, print > KMH (Klostermuseum Hirsau)
28 Hirsau, house of the four gables one more linden tree
29 Hirsau, house of the four gables There is an external truss. Internal steel girders shore up the gables. The overall effect is somewhat Potemkin like.
30 house of the four gables night vision
31 house of the four gables
32 Hirsau, House of the four gables view from the partially paved summer refectory of the abbey
33 Hirsau, house of the four gables view from the Abbey kitchen
34 house of the four gables Black Forest view
35 house of the four gables Black Forest view. Plot prices (up to 50% of the total building costs) are still comparably low in some Black Forest locations.
36 Hirsau, House of the four gables 4th floor party space for rent complete with hand carved chimney consoles.
37 house of the four gables Fallout shelter (locked). Standard root cellar vaulting.
38 Dukal estate, hacienda part The flower mill and bakery belonged originally to the abbey. It was later incorporated into the Castle complex.
