Schloss Ehningen, Medieval château in Ehningen, Germany.
Schloss Ehningen is a former water castle in Baden-Württemberg with a residential building from the 16th century that displays a coat of arms from 1567. The grounds include historical outbuildings and designed gardens that reflect different building phases of the estate.
The castle was founded around 1300 as a water fortification and underwent major renovations between the 16th and 20th centuries. A fire in 1927 forced the reconstruction of the southern wing in timber-frame style following architect Felix Krüger's designs.
The estate's names Oberes Schloss and Breitenschwertsches Schloss recall its position above the village and the von Breitschwert family, enfeoffed with it in 1639. A coat of arms panel of 1567 from Franz Kurtz, the Württemberg duke's private secretary, is still mounted on the residential building. The castle park was enlarged around 1910 under General Siegfried von La Chevallerie.
The moat was filled in during the 1796 renovation, so the former water castle now stands on dry ground; the ring wall, once about 7 metres high with an internal walkway, and the north-front drawbridge position can still be traced in the layout. The 1927 fire damage and Felix Krüger's timber-frame rebuilding are easiest to read on the south wing.
The southern wing was rebuilt in 1927 after a devastating fire in modern timber-frame style and contrasts visibly with the older structures beside it. This deliberate design difference makes the building history of the castle immediately apparent at first glance.
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