Burgstall Königswart

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Burgstall Königswart
Creation time : 12th Century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, foundation walls
Standing position : Count
Place: Soyen - Königswart
Geographical location 48 ° 7 '59.8 "  N , 12 ° 15' 3.9"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '59.8 "  N , 12 ° 15' 3.9"  E
Height: 450  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Königswart (Bavaria)
Burgstall Königswart

The Postal Königswart is an Outbound hilltop castle in spur position at 450  m above sea level. NHN on the west bank of the Inn near Königswart , a district of the municipality of Soyen in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria .

The castle was built in the 12th century, mentioned in 1202 as "Chunigswart" and was a subsidiary of the Counts of Megling , at times owned by the Regensburg Cathedral Monastery and from around 1500 it was subject to the County of Haag . In 1855 a chapel was built in the area of ​​the former outer bailey with a walled-in Romanesque capital from the former castle chapel . In the 19th century, the last remains of the castle were torn down to the foundation walls .

The castle area was 125 meters long and 65 meters wide and had an approximately 125-long defensive system of ramparts and moats in the north where the Nasenbach flows into the Inn . In the south one came into the castle complex via a wide and deep neck ditch that separated the castle from a higher level 125 by 125 meters.
The location and the name Königswart suggest a royal toll castle.

literature

  • Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the district of Upper Bavaria, Munich 1995, pp. 236-238.
  • Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 232 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Art treasures and sights in the Rosenheimer Land at jakobus-weg.de
  2. ↑ Königswart Castle at museum-haag.de