Ahegg Castle
| Ahegg Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | probably 14th century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burstall | |
| Standing position : | Ministerial Headquarters | |
| Place: | Wangen in the Allgäu -Deuchelried-Ahegg | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 42 '48.9 " N , 9 ° 50' 53.8" E | |
| Height: | 630 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Ahegg is an Outbound hilltop castle on 630 m above sea level. NHN in today's residential area of Ahegg in the Deuchelried district of the city of Wangen im Allgäu in the Ravensburg district ( Baden-Württemberg ).
The castle of the Lords of Ahegg, mentioned as the ministerial of the monastery of Sankt Gallen in the 14th to 15th centuries, was first mentioned in 1362 with Heinrich der Ahegger , in 1373 Johans der Ahegger appears in the documents .
The place of the small tower castle was about 130 meters southwest of the Ahegg farm, probably the former building yard of the castle. The Burgplatz has partially slipped into the valley of the Untere Argen . Since 14./15. The castle was probably lost in the 19th century, since from then on only the Ahegg estate is mentioned.
literature
- Hans Ulrich Rudolf (eds.), Berthold Büchele, Ursula Rückgauer: Places of rule and power - castles and palaces in the Ravensburg district . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0508-6 , p. 369.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Location of the castle on the map of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
- ↑ Hans Ulrich Rudolf (ed.), Berthold Büchele, Ursula Rückgauer: Places of rule and power - castles and palaces in the district of Ravensburg , p. 369.