Bichishausen Castle
| Bichishausen Castle | ||
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 General view of Bichishausen Castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1000 to 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, rocky location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Bichishausen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 19 '59 " N , 9 ° 29' 59" E | |
| Height: | 640 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Bichishausen is a ruined castle between Muensingen and Zwiefalten in Baden-Württemberg .
location
The ruins of the rock castle are at 640 m above sea level. NN on the Swabian Alb in the Lautertal . It marked the border between Württemberg and Fürstenberg . Eleven castles are in visual contact along the Lauter .
history
The property belonged to the Counts of Achalm in the 11th century and to the Gundelfingers from the 13th century . The castle was built in the first half of the 13th century, presumably by Swigger IV von Gundelfingen or Konrad II, who later became the Württemberg district judge . A note from 1306 testifies that a tower was demolished around 1300 "to make his own castle stronger". During this time, the completely new construction of the castle with the construction of the massive shield wall is to be scheduled. A typical shield wall castle with two courtyards was created. During the restoration of the castle in 1973 to found the stump of the keep of the 13th century.
In 1372 a Kuno Truchsess from Bichishausen fought on the Württemberg side in a battle against the imperial city of Reutlingen and fell.
Around the middle of the fourteenth century, possibly after the death of the last Truchsess von Bichishausen, the Truchsess von Magolsheim acquired the castle. After the death of the last Truchsessen, the castle passed to the Buttlar family in 1510 . Heinrich Treisch von Buttlar, imperial councilor and participant in the Turkish wars, had the castle adapted to the living requirements of his time and the walls built. His wife Anna, née Truchsessin von Ringingen, died in 1545. After her death, the complex gradually fell into disrepair. Wolf von Vellberg followed as owner in 1545 , Count Georg II von Helfenstein in 1552 and Prince von Fürstenberg in 1627 .
The castle was destroyed in the 17th century. In 1923 the castle was privately owned and in 1972 it was transferred to the district. It was restored again between 1973 and 1975.
Court of the upper castle
Access to the upper castle
literature
- Christoph Bizer, Wilhelm Gradmann: Castles and palaces of the Swabian Alb . 3. Edition. DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 1994, ISBN 3-87181-284-6 , pp. 65-66.
- Martin Schleker: The Great Lautertal and its castles .
- Günter Schmitt : Bichishausen . In: Ders .: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 2 · Alb Middle-South. Hiking and discovering between Ulm and Sigmaringen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1989, ISBN 3-924489-45-9 , pp. 167-174.
