Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century. . tle. Very picturesque toois its back, in the so-called Schwedenhof (Court of the Swedes), with its roundporch dating from the 16* century. This building guarded the approach to theImperial Castle proper, which was entirely separated from its advanced-post thecastle of the Burggraves. It is agreed that at first no more than the fortress ofthe Burggraves stood here, in which only the Burggrave lived, and not theEmperor; but the more frequently the Emperors chose to come to Nuremberg tohold their court and gather their princes round them in
Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century. . tle. Very picturesque toois its back, in the so-called Schwedenhof (Court of the Swedes), with its roundporch dating from the 16* century. This building guarded the approach to theImperial Castle proper, which was entirely separated from its advanced-post thecastle of the Burggraves. It is agreed that at first no more than the fortress ofthe Burggraves stood here, in which only the Burggrave lived, and not theEmperor; but the more frequently the Emperors chose to come to Nuremberg tohold their court and gather their princes round them in the Diet, the more imperative lO THE CASTLE. became the need for a special habitation for them, which should display theImperial power and authority, and enable the Sovereigns both to rule there un-disturbed and to bring a greater court with them. So rose the Imperial Castle,controlled by a special castellan. There were therefore two distinct castleshere: the Imperial Castle, and the Burggraves fortress, which formed a pro-tective advanced-post to Fig. 7. St. Margarets, the lower Castle Chapel, before the restoration in by F. Schmidt. The Counts of HohenzoUern appear as Burggraves from 1191 onwards. Theyplay a prominent part in the history of Nuremberg. Their pretensions were oftenin conflict with those of the town, which, as a free Imperial city, recognised nosuperior authority other than that of the Emperor himself, from whom it hadreceived in early days a mayor, independent of the Burggrave, as its head. The fact that, after the destruction of their castle already referred to, — in THE CASTLE. I I 1420, — the Burggraves sold their property on the castle-hill to the town, did notsave it from their enmity. Though now, as Margraves of Brandenburg, the Hohen-zollerns had no longer any interest in Nuremberg Castle and found themselvesunder no obligation to rebuild their ruined stronghold there, they neverthelesshad a whole series of rights and pretensions
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