Jagsthausen

Maybe many people in Germany have never heard about Jagsthausen but I would say I know more about it than my own country right now :-)

I stayed in this small town 8 days, from 20/08/2013 till 28/08/2013 to make a volunteering work with a wonderful German family formed by: Ron, Martina, Wibke, Mariet, Jashaq, Jasmin and Cecile.

Jagsthausen is a town with about 1500 inhabitants, one of the smallest in the district of Heilbronn, northern Baden-Württemberg. History, culture and a beautiful landscaps are some discriptions of this wonderful town into the forest. See pictures bellow:

Welcome to Jagsthausen

The Jagsthausen castle (also called Old Castle or Götzenburg) is the historical castle of the 14th and 15th century. It is famous because of the idol of Berlichingen who spent several years of his childhood there, that why it is called the castle of Götz von Berlichingen. Its present wonderful form was made by the architect August von Bayer in 1876-1878. 

Since 1950, The castle serves as a summer open-air theater.

Inside there is also a musuem where you can learn about the story of the iron hand, the thing is it is open only on Friday-Sunday from 13:30 to 16:00 otherwise you will never get to see the famous hand :-)

Some tombs few meters from the castle.

The Red Castle, in German Rotes Schloss, was built in 1572 by Hans Reinhard Berlichingen and became the headquarters of a separate line of gentlemen of Berlichingen. In the 18th Century, the building was extended to its present shape with huge façade and wide roof.

The White Castle, in German Weißes Schloss (also New Castle ), the building is sitting exactly like me according to my orders to Joseph Berlichingen who built it in 1792 :-) it is surrounded by a large park. There was Christiane Hegel, the sister of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, worked for many years as an educator.

Altes Rathaus Museum.

This man called "Kein Wassertrinken", if you'd like to know the reason please ask! :-)

The Roman Bath, in german Römerbad, it is an open Air Museum now, shows the floor plan of a Roman military bath around 200 AD.

 Jakobuskirche.

 Rathaus.

The castle of Jagsthausen, a view from the eastern side of the town.

The cemetery of Jagsthausen.

Jagst, is the river you will find everywhere while traveling in northern Baden-Württemberg. It is about 200km long. It is perfect for swiming and for your canoa!

More Pictures

The host family house. 

View from the roof. 

Cecile and Jasmin trying on my hot with Dove's feathers.

The rooster and some hens.

El señor y la señorita :-)

The goats looking at me strangly, I guess it is first picture in life :-)

I love the innocence of goats!

The planet floating under the watter.

While working, you can find some strange plants like this.

While walking in jagsthausen you can find silence.

or a wild plants' house, how I call it !

or a house under a tree

or snails without shell, 

which is normal in Germany, while I have never seen them before. 

Isn't a strange world?!!

or a dead frog :-(

or a small snake, snake?

... and everything belong to the mother nature :-)

Kloster Schöntal

It is located 5km from Jagsthausen

Inside Kloster Schöntal amazing paintings

This is a wc in Germany :-)

Isn't like a historical door or monument to visit?!

The church in Kloster Schöntal

Inside the church.

Kloster Schöntal

The church of Berlichingen

4km from Jagsthauseen.

Jagst everywhere as I mentioned before,

Berlichingen

Kün?!!

This secret what I want to know, even some people called their hauses this name?

My favorite picture of today ...

Berlichingen

Thank you Jagsthausen!