To be privately owned
CastleSulzfeld
Pforzheim Castle
The Rentamt (also called Pforzheim Castle) in Sulzfeld, a municipality in the Karlsruhe district of Baden-Württemberg, was a castle owned by the Göler von Ravensburg family until its sale in 2010. The building, erected at the beginning of the 19th century, is a protected architectural monument.
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From the predecessor building, a Renaissance portal from 1609 is still preserved, bearing the following Latin inscription: "QVISQVIS ME LAESERIT DOMINVS VLTOR ERIT ENGELHARD GÖLER VON RABENSPVRG ANNA MARIA GÖLERIN VON RABENSPVRG GEBORENE VON MENTZINGEN 1609" (Whoever harms me, the Lord will be my avenger...). Between the portal arch and the inscription is the alliance coat of arms of the builders of the demolished Renaissance castle, Engelhard I. Göler von Ravensburg (1570-1654) and Anna Maria née von Mentzingen (1582-1641). Engelhard I. was chief bailiff in Durlach and Pforzheim and later also owned a town house in Pforzheim. The name Pforzheim Castle for the building in Sulzfeld comes from his connection to Pforzheim.
The wing building is flanked by a stair tower, which belonged to the northern building wing demolished in 1807.
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