Bohlingen Castle

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Bohlingen Castle
Alternative name (s): Celebrations on the Burghalde, Baltzbronn-Schloss
Creation time : around 1455
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location, local location
Conservation status: Round tower, remains of the wall
Standing position : Ministerials, nobles, counts, clericals
Place: Singing - Bohlingen
Geographical location 47 ° 43 '13.8 "  N , 8 ° 53' 39.9"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '13.8 "  N , 8 ° 53' 39.9"  E
Bohlingen Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Bohlingen Castle

The castle Bohlingen , including festivals on the Burghalde and later Baltzbronn Castle called, is the ruin of a Spur castle in the district Bohlingen the city singing in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Wuerttemberg . The castle is located on a plateau in a spur in the center of Bohlingen "Am rund Turm" near the current parish church of St. Pankratius.

history

From 1175 to the 14th century, the Bohlingen estate is the seat of local nobles as episcopal ministerials , in the middle of the 14th century it was owned by the Lords of Homburg and in 1455 a " vesty by der Kilchen" was first mentioned. From 1455 the castle was owned by the Salem Monastery , then owned by the Counts of Sulz and in 1497 the Konstanz Monastery acquired the castle and dominion of Bohlingen back.

In 1512 the castle was mentioned as "Baltzbronn-Schloss", and in 1535 a new building was mentioned as "New House". The castle was destroyed by Konrad Widerholt in the Thirty Years' War in 1640 and in 1687 permission was given to demolish a church. At the beginning of the 19th century, a rectangular tower on the east side of the castle complex was demolished and in 1990 a new building was erected to the north of the tower on the site of an older building.

Building description

From the former castle complex on a castle hill area of ​​75 by 30 meters, the three-storey, round keep , presumably from the 15th century, is still preserved. It has a diameter of ten meters and a wall thickness of two meters. The tower has a conical roof and a pointed arched high entrance with the coat of arms of Count Alwig von Sulz. The palace is said to have stood on the site of today's parish church of St. Pankratius .

The tower, the outdoor facilities and the castle courtyard can be viewed at any time.

literature

  • Michael Losse, Hans Noll, Michael Greuter (Eds.): Castles, palaces, fortresses in Hegau - fortifications and aristocratic residences in the western Lake Constance area . In: Hegau-Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Hegau-Bibliothek, Volume 109 . Michael Greuter Verlag, Hilzingen 2006, ISBN 3-938566-05-1 , p. 72.