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Crucifix with the Virgin Mary

The present-day castle had two, possibly even three, predecessor structures. After the Baden Margrave Hermann V was granted the town of Ettlingen, founded by the Hohenstaufen dynasty, by Emperor Frederick II, his son, Margrave Rudolf I of Baden, built a castle complex in the mid-13th century – possibly on the remains of a Hohenstaufen predecessor structure. However, no previous structure has yet been identified. The lower floors of the keep in the castle courtyard, which are still preserved today, date from this period. A magnificent Renaissance castle followed in the 16th century. Two round corner towers were added to the south wing, and the keep was given a half-timbered upper floor. The three-wing Renaissance complex surrounding the old keep, completed in 1600, was destroyed along with the entire town by French troops in 1689 during the War of the Palatinate Succession (Wikipedia).

Bickesheim gained great importance through its pilgrimage church, whose historical origins are shrouded in mystery. The Eberstein family, who were very wealthy on the Hardt hill, allied themselves with the Margraves of Baden in the 13th century through the marriage of Margrave Rudolf I and Kunigunde von Eberstein. Starting in 1250, Rudolf I and Kunigunde had a new Gothic church built on the site of an even older Romanesque building. The much-venerated image of "Mary with Child" and the Eberstein rose, as well as the round pillars in the church, date from that period.

Lake Epplesee near Silberstreifen (Forchheim) near Karlsruhe is a popular, nationally renowned gravel pit lake, attracting large numbers of bathers and water sports enthusiasts due to its favorable wind conditions. Gravel is still mined at the lake today. The lake's name derives from the company of the same name, which installed Europe's most modern suction dredging system here and extracts gravel from a depth of 60 meters. Because the water level is far below ground level, high embankments rise behind the small beach.

Seagull

Simply a beautiful place

There are numerous horse paddocks here

old town hall of Elchesheim before the merger of Elchesheim and Illingen