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The ruins of Zavelstein Castle, a former hill castle, stand at on a hill spur above the Teinach valley on the southeastern edge of the municipality of Bad Teinach-Zavelstein in the county of Calw in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg.[1]

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  1. 37 relations: Advocatus, Bad Teinach-Zavelstein, Baden-Württemberg, Battle of Nördlingen (1634), Bergfried, Black Forest, Calw, Calw (district), County Palatine of Tübingen, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Enceinte, Ezéchiel du Mas, Comte de Mélac, Fief, Freiherr, Heller (coin), Hill castle, Hirsau, Hohennagold Castle, Hohenstaufen, House of Württemberg, Inner bailey, John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Neck ditch, Observation tower, Palas, Romanesque architecture, Schloss, Shield wall, Spur (topography), Stuttgart, Teinach, Ulrich IV, Count of Württemberg, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Württemberg, Zwinger.

  2. Castles in Calw (district)
  3. Heritage sites in Baden-Württemberg

Advocatus

During the Middle Ages, an (sometimes given as modern English: advocate; German:; French) was an office-holder who was legally delegated to perform some of the secular responsibilities of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey.

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Bad Teinach-Zavelstein

Bad Teinach-Zavelstein is a town in the district of Calw, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg, commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France.

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Battle of Nördlingen (1634)

The Battle of Nördlingen took place on 6 September 1634 during the Thirty Years' War.

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Bergfried

Bergfried (plural: bergfriede; English: belfry; French: tour-beffroi; Spanish: torre del homenaje) is a tall tower that is typically found in castles of the Middle Ages in German-speaking countries and in countries under German influence.

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Black Forest

The Black Forest (Schwarzwald) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland.

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Calw

Calw (previously pronounced and sometimes spelled Kalb accordingly; Swabian: Calb) is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, capital and largest town of the district Calw.

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Calw (district)

Calw is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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County Palatine of Tübingen

The County Palatine of Tübingen was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the medieval period.

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Deutscher Kunstverlag

The Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) is an educational publishing house with offices in Berlin and Munich.

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Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg

Eberhard II (131515 March 1392), nicknamed the Quarrelsome (der Greiner), was Count of Württemberg from 1344 until his death in 1392.

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Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg

Duke Eberhard Louis (18 September 1676 – 31 October 1733) was the Duke of Württemberg, from 1692 until 1733.

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Enceinte

Enceinte (from Latin incinctus "girdled, surrounded") is a French term that refers to the "main defensive enclosure of a fortification".

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Ezéchiel du Mas, Comte de Mélac

Ezéchiel du Mas, Comte de Mélac (about 1630, Sainte-Radegonde, Gironde – 10 May 1704) was a career soldier in the French army under King Louis XIV and war minister Louvois during the Nine Years' War.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.

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Freiherr

Freiherr (male, abbreviated as Frhr.), Freifrau (his wife, abbreviated as Frfr., literally "free lord" or "free lady") and Freiin (his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire and in its various successor states, including Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, etc.

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Heller (coin)

The Heller, abbreviation hlr, was a coin, originally valued at half a pfennig, that was issued in Switzerland and states of the Holy Roman Empire, surviving in some European countries until the 20th century.

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Hill castle

A hill castle or mountain castle is a castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain.

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Hirsau

Hirsau (formerly Hirschau) is a district of the town of Calw in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, located in the south-west portion of the country, about two miles north of Calw and about twenty-four miles west of Stuttgart.

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Hohennagold Castle

Hohennagold Castle is a ruined castle situated on a hill, the so-called Schlossberg (castle mountain), overlooking the Black Forest town of Nagold. Zavelstein Castle and Hohennagold Castle are castles in Calw (district).

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Hohenstaufen

The Hohenstaufen dynasty, also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of unclear origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages from 1138 until 1254.

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House of Württemberg

The House of Württemberg is a German dynasty and former royal family from Württemberg.

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Inner bailey

The inner bailey or inner ward of a castle is the strongly fortified enclosure at the heart of a medieval castle.

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John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg

John Frederick of Württemberg (5 May 1582, in Montbéliard – 18 July 1628) was the Duke of Württemberg from 4 February 1608 until his death on 18 July 1628 whilst en route to Heidenheim.

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Neck ditch

A neck ditch (Halsgraben), sometimes called a throat ditch, is a dry moat that does not fully surround a castle, but only bars the side that is not protected by natural obstacles.

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Observation tower

An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision to conduct long distance observations.

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Palas

A palas is a German term for the imposing or prestigious building of a medieval Pfalz or castle that contained the great hall.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Schloss

Schloss (pl. Schlösser), formerly written Schloß, is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house.

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Shield wall

A shield wall (scieldweall or bordweall in Old English, skjaldborg in Old Norse) is a military formation that was common in ancient and medieval warfare.

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Spur (topography)

A spur is a lateral ridge or tongue of land descending from a hill, mountain or main crest of a ridge.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Teinach

The Teinach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany.

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Ulrich IV, Count of Württemberg

Ulrich IV (after 131524 or 26 July 1366) was Count of Württemberg, co-ruling with his brother, Eberhard II, from 1344 until his forced resignation on 1 May 1362.

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Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg

Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (8 February 14876 November 1550) succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as Duke of Württemberg in 1498.

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Württemberg

Württemberg is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia.

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Zwinger

A Zwinger is an open kill zone area between two defensive walls that is used for defensive purposes.

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See also

Castles in Calw (district)

Heritage sites in Baden-Württemberg

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zavelstein_Castle