Baumburg Castle
Baumburg Castle | ||
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Baumburg Abbey as seen from Altenmarkt |
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Creation time : | High medieval | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
Place: | Altenmarkt an der Alz - Baumburg Monastery | |
Geographical location | 47 ° 59 '53 " N , 12 ° 31' 51" E | |
Height: | 543 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Baumburg is an Outbound High Middle Spur castle at 543 m above sea level. NHN on a ridge that slopes steeply to the mouth of the Traun at the site of the Baumburg monastery near Altenmarkt an der Alz in the Traunstein district in Bavaria .
The castle was built by the Lords of Sigharding ( Sieghardinger ) and converted into a monastery around 1020. Nothing has been preserved from the former castle complex. The Burgstall is now a ground monument .
literature
- Gotthard Kießling: The castles and palaces in the Traunstein district . In: Wartburg Society for Research into Castles and Palaces e. V. (Ed.): Castles in the Alps . From the series: Research on Castles and Palaces, Volume 14. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-760-9 , pp. 70 and 75.
- Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 258 .
- Josef Rosenegger, Lore Sommerauer: Dilapidated castles between Inn and Salzach . Pannonia Verlag, Freilassing 1973, ISBN 3-7897-0028-2 , pp. 22-23.
Web links
- Entry on Burgstall Baumburg in the private database "Alle Burgen".