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Stutgarten - Burg Spangenberg

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  • Reste Umzäunung Stutgarten- Burg Spangenberg
    Reste Umzäunung Stutgarten- Burg Spangenberg
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The Stutgarten of Spangenberg Castle

The castle, part of the Kirrweiler bishopric in 1530, became the administrative seat of a stud farm run by bishop's stutmeister, who were also castle administrators. At that time, a large paddock for horse breeding ("Stutgarten") was installed on the western castle hill.

The Stutgarten of Spangenberg Castle

Bishop of Speyer's horse paddock, laid out in 1505, covering an area of 2.72 hectares. The fence of sand posts can still be seen. Of the 215 posts that once existed, about half are still standing. Six of them were destroyed.

Between 1505 and the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War, the following, mostly non-noble Stutmeisters moved into Spangenberg in place of the previous Burgmannen: Franz Hertel (1505), Hans Fort gen. Schwytzer (1527), Friedrich gen. Schlupffer (1543, was Stutknecht in 1532), Hans Schwab (1554), Wilhelm Dierolf (1576), Wilhelm Dierolf and/or Hans Weigand Licht (1581), Friedrich von Helmstadt (1597), Hans Schmidt (1602) and Eberhard von Hattstein (1604). With the Protestant (sic!) Eberhard von Hattstein, the list of Stutmeister ends a few years before the beginning of the Thirty Years' War.

Opening times

The Stutgarten is accessible year-round via the hiking markers of the "Pfalz Huts Trail" or the "3 Castles Path."  

Parking is available below Spangenberg Castle in 67466 Erfenstein (Pfalz).

Public transport

Mit dem ÖPNV nach Erfenstein (Buslinie 17)

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Von der A65 (Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße) kommend - Abfahrt Neustadt/Weinstraße Süd - dann der B39 folgen bis nach Lambrecht (Pfalz) - hinter Lambrecht (Pfalz) links abbiegen Richtung "Elmsteiner Tal" (L499) - der L499 folgen bis nach Erfenstein. 

Von Kaiserslautern (A6) kommend - Abfahrt Enkenbach-Alsenborn - dann Richtung Fischbach/Hochspeyer (B48) abbiegen - an der nächsten Abzweigung Richtung Bad Dürkheim auf dei B37 fahren - in Frankenstein weiter Richtung Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße (B39) fahren - vor Lambrecht (Pfalz) ins Elmsteiner Tal (L499) abbiegen und der L499 folgen bis nach Erfenstein. 

Parking

Es besteht Parkmöglichkeit unterhalb der Burg Spangenberg. Der Parkplatz befindet sich in der Ortsmitte. Von dort startet auch der Drei Burgenweg. 

Coordinates

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49.347048, 8.017839
DMS
49°20'49.4"N 8°01'04.2"E
UTM
32U 428663 5466500
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