Burg Bibra
Burg Bibra is the ancestral home (Stammschloss) of the Bibra family. When the family became connected to Bibra is unclear but when written records became available nine hundred years ago, that was the case. It is the longest continuously owned castle in the state of Thuringia, partially due to the family keeping title during the Russian and East German time period. It reached it’s zenith around 1500 and was partially destroyed in the Peasant’s Revolt (1525) when interior “houses” (Kemenaten) (six) were destroyed. During the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) it was again partially destroyed with only one of the interior buildings surviving. The draw bridge by the Keep was destroyed in 1646. This one building (Kemenate) and the walls and towers are surviving parts. The keep, although in a shortened height, still exist opposite the wooded bridge. A chapel and archive exists in this tower. The living space by the entrance is relatively new. Near current main entrance there was a “escape tunnel”.












Water color by Kemal Soso


I don’t know the information that was used to create the model. The only obvious shortcoming is the height of the keep (tower across from bridge). The thickness of the existing wall implies a taller structure.
















German PDF on Bibra as a whole including section on Burg Bibra
English Translation PDF on Bibra as a whole including section on Burg Bibra
Translated information from the book 500 Jahre St. -Leeo- Kirche zu Bibra


























