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Permanent series: castles and palaces - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1982 - 35 Pfennig

Designer: Hella und Heinz Schillinger

Permanent series: castles and palaces - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1982 - 35 Pfennig


Theme: Architecture
CountryGermany / Federal Republic of Germany
Issue Date1982
Face Value35.00 
Colorbrown
PerforationK 14
Printing TypeLithography
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1012
Chronological ChapterGER-BRD
SID847409
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Supplementary values ​​to the 1976/77 introduced roller-brand continuous series »castles and palaces«. The reel stamps appear simultaneously and identically with the inscription "Deutsche Bundespost Berlin". Castle Lichtenstein near Honau on a cliff steeply over the valley is one of the most charming works of neo-Gothic. The former castle of the Lords of Lichtenstein - the last of this family fell in 1687 against the Turks - stood near the present building. 1310 in the imperial war of King Henry VII against Count Eberhard of Württemberg, it was destroyed by the citizens of the imperial city of Reutlingen, then restored, but in the ensuing clashes - 1377 Battle of Reutlingen - again smashed. The ruins came to Württemberg in 1389. A new castle was built on the site of today's castle. According to legend, Duke Ulrich of Württemberg, who was driven out of his own country, was hiding in the nearby fog cave at 1519/20, and at night he entered the castle, where his faithful bailiff granted him admittance. Wilhelm Hauff designed this story in his novel »Lichtenstein«. The castle was worn in 1802 because of dilapidation. In 1837 Duke Wilhelm von Urach, Earl of Württemberg, acquired the property from his cousin King Wilhelm von Württemberg. Inspired by Hauff's »Lichtenstein«, he had the present castle built in 1840/41. (Text: excerpts from the texts of the German Castle Association e.V. Braubach - Dr. W. Avenarius)

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Supplementary values ​​to the 1976/77 introduced roller-brand continuous series »castles and palaces«. The reel stamps appear simultaneously and identically with the inscription "Deutsche Bundespost Berlin". Castle Lichtenstein near Honau on a cliff steeply over the valley is one of the most charming works of neo-Gothic. The former castle of the Lords of Lichtenstein - the last of this family fell in 1687 against the Turks - stood near the present building. 1310 in the imperial war of King Henry VII against Count Eberhard of Württemberg, it was destroyed by the citizens of the imperial city of Reutlingen, then restored, but in the ensuing clashes - 1377 Battle of Reutlingen - again smashed. The ruins came to Württemberg in 1389. A new castle was built on the site of today's castle. According to legend, Duke Ulrich of Württemberg, who was driven out of his own country, was hiding in the nearby fog cave at 1519/20, and at night he entered the castle, where his faithful bailiff granted him admittance. Wilhelm Hauff designed this story in his novel »Lichtenstein«. The castle was worn in 1802 because of dilapidation. In 1837 Duke Wilhelm von Urach, Earl of Württemberg, acquired the property from his cousin King Wilhelm von Württemberg. Inspired by Hauff's »Lichtenstein«, he had the present castle built in 1840/41. (Text: excerpts from the texts of the German Castle Association e.V. Braubach - Dr. W. Avenarius).