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Staffort Castle
The Staffort Castle (also ''moated castle'', ''water castle'' or ''deep castle'') was the building in Staffort, a district of the town of Stutensee, where the Staffort Book was printed in 1599. Schmalkalder's plan from 1689, which shows the dimensions of the foundation walls, is the only surviving document relating to the castle plan. The depiction by Leon & Manfred Raupp is based on this plan and other contemporary documents. PDF heruntergeladen 24. June 2024 History Already in Ancient Rome, Roman times there was a Roman fort on the trade route from Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Hochstetten to the Roman station Stettfeld at the "stete Furt", the crossing over the "Sumpfbach" (the Pfinz). Four Roman plates w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schloss Staffort Nach LMR
''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German language, German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house. Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cognate word ''slot''/''slott'' is normally used for what in English could be either a palace or a castle (instead of words in rarer use such as ''palats''/''palæ'', ''kastell'', or ''borg''). In Dutch, the word ''slot'' is considered to be more archaic. Nowadays, one commonly uses ''paleis'' or ''kasteel''. But in English, the term does not appear; for instance, in the United Kingdom, this type of structure would be known as a stately home or English country house, country house. Most ''Schlösser'' were built after the Middle Ages as residences for the nobility, not as true fortresses, although originally, they often were fortified. The usual German term for a true castle is ''Burg'', while that for a fortress is ''Festung'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
