Altenburg (hamlet)

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Altenburg
Altenburg, hamlet in the Allgäu, castle around 1570.jpg
Alternative name (s): Weiler Castle, Weilerburg, Altenberg
Creation time : 1200 to 1300
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Wall remains
Standing position : Nobles
Construction: Quarry stone masonry
Place: Weiler-Simmerberg -Altenburg
Geographical location 47 ° 34 '28 "  N , 9 ° 53' 5"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '28 "  N , 9 ° 53' 5"  E
Height: 690  m above sea level NN
Altenburg (Bavaria)
Altenburg
Remains of the wall of the Altenburg castle ruins from the east

The Altenburg , also called Weiler Castle, Weilerburg, Altenberg , is the ruin of a spur castle at 690  m above sea level. NN in the Altenburg part of the market hamlet of Simmerberg in the Lindau district in Bavaria .

history

The castle was built in the 13th century by Eberhard von Weiler, then eponymous for "Weilerburg", and was mentioned in the middle of the 13th century in the possession of the Lords of Weiler , who were presumably servants of the abbot of St. Gallen .

The daughters of Hans Wilhelm von Weiler († 1557), the last male member of the lords of Weiler zur Altenburg, sold the Altenburg estate and castle to the House of Habsburg in 1569 . The buyer was Archduke Ferdinand II , the brother of Emperor Maximilian II. From then on, Altenburg served as the office of the Austrian officials of the Altenburg-Kellhöf court. In 1784 the castle was sold for demolition and in 1826 stones from the ruins were still used for the church tower in Scheidegg. From the former castle complex only remains of rubble stone masonry are preserved.

Say

Two legends have been passed down for the Altenburg: The treasure keeper of the Altenburg and The last gentlemen on Altenburg .

literature

  • Toni Nessler: Castles in the Allgäu, Volume 2: Castle ruins in the West Allgäu and in the neighboring Vorarlberg, in the Württemberg Allgäu, in the northern Allgäu around Memmingen, in the northeast Allgäu around Kaufbeuren and Obergünzburg as well as in the eastern Allgäu and in the adjacent Tyrol . 1st edition. Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten 1985, ISBN 3-88006-115-7 , pp. 64-76.
  • Werner Zimmer: The gentlemen from Weiler . In: Heimatbuch Weiler-Simmerberg . Verlag Buchdruckerei Holzer, Weiler im Allgäu 1994, pp. 77-99.

Web links

Commons : Altenburg near Weiler im Allgäu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Toni Nessler: Burgen im Allgäu, Volume 2: Castle ruins in the West Allgäu and in the neighboring Vorarlberg, in the Württemberg Allgäu, in the northern Allgäu around Memmingen, in the northeast Allgäu around Kaufbeuren and Obergünzburg as well as in the Eastern Allgäu and in the adjacent Tyrol , p. 66ff.
  2. ↑ see literature Werner Zimmer: The Lords of Weiler