Degelstein Castle

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Degelstein Castle
Interior view of the ruin

Interior view of the ruin

Alternative name (s): Weiherschlösschen
Creation time : ca. 1326-1332

as Tegelstein, property of the St. Gallen Monastery

Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Wall remains
Place: Lindau - Schachen
Geographical location 47 ° 33 '26.1 "  N , 9 ° 39' 29.8"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '26.1 "  N , 9 ° 39' 29.8"  E
Height: 399  m above sea level NN
Degelstein Castle (Bavaria)
Degelstein Castle

The Degelstein Castle , also called Weiherschlösschen , is the ruin of a Niederungsburg (also water castle ) near the shore of Lake Constance in the area of ​​the Lindenhof Park in what is now the Schachen district of Lindau in the Swabian district of Lindau (Lake Constance) in Bavaria .

history

Originally, a two-story small castle house with stepped gables and a gable roof was mentioned in 1332 on the lake shore ("Tegelstein"). It was a castle surrounded by a curtain wall with outer bailey and a round tower. In 1839 the castle complex "Weiherschlösschen" was demolished, the moat was filled and today only about 3 meter high wall remains of the castle entrance and ground floor, as well as a cross keyhole in a wall in the area of ​​the Lindenhof park are preserved.

The owners of the castle are known to be the Haintzel family (1332), the Lindau women's monastery (1385), Kornelius von Kirchen (around 1592), the city of Lindau (1621), Friedrich Gruber (1839), the city of Lindau (1956).

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