Frauenberg Castle (Bodman)

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Frauenberg Castle
Frauenberg Monastery as seen from the Altbodman ruins

Frauenberg Monastery as seen from the Altbodman ruins
Alternative name (s): Frauenberg Castle, Bodman Castle
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Received or received substantial parts
Standing position : Count
Place: Bodman-Ludwigshafen
Geographical location 47 ° 47 '35.7 "  N , 9 ° 2' 14.9"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '35.7 "  N , 9 ° 2' 14.9"  E
Frauenberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Frauenberg Castle

The castle Fraunberg even lock Fraunberg called, is a former castle of the Counts of Bodman in Bodman-Ludwigshafen in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ). Today it is used by the Communitas Agnus Dei as Frauenberg monastery .

location

The spur castle is located around 650 meters southwest of the church of Bodman on a spur that protrudes to the north , opposite the Altbodman ruins .

history

The castle was called by the Lords of Bodman , Reichs ministeriale der Staufer , later Counts of (and to) Bodman , built and rebuilt several times.

Frauenberg Castle was originally the seat of the count's family until a lightning strike caused a fire on September 16, 1307 during a family festival. According to legend, the entire count's family and some members of the Hegau nobility were burned. Among the victims were Conrad, Katharina, Adelheid and Anna von Bodman, Gottfried von Kreyen (crows), Heinrich von Blumegg and the knights Hans von Bodman and Hans von Schellenberg. Only the youngest male bearer of the gender name, the one-year-old Johannes von Bodman, survived the catastrophe when the nurse put the child in a large cauldron and threw it and the child out of the window. The kettle tumbled down the rocks, was braked by the bushes, and finally got stuck. The site is now marked by a small obelisk .

After the fire, the rescued man's grandfather built a chapel with a priest's house on the site of the completely destroyed Frauenberg Castle and donated it to the Cistercian monastery of Salem around 1308/09 to save the ancestor. The monastery expanded the burned down castle into Frauenberg monastery. In 1515 construction work and a new consecration took place; in 1610/11 the building was finally rebuilt again. In the course of secularization , the monastery came back into the possession of the count's family in 1806.

Todays use

The castle is still owned by the counts today and is inhabited by the Catholic, but not recognized by the Church, religious community " Communitas Agnus Dei ". That is why the old castle chapel is usually accessible during the day and can be viewed by taking the entrance stairs to the first floor and crossing the corridor to the end. Sights include figures of the Virgin Mary and a pietà from the 15th century.

investment

The castle complex was built on a mountain spur measuring around 70 by 14 meters. Today's residential construction of the religious community took place with the inclusion of remnants of the castle complex. It has a gable roof and stepped gable.

See also

literature

  • State Surveying Office Baden-Württemberg and State Foreign Traffic Association Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Palaces, castles, churches, monasteries in Baden-Württemberg . Stuttgart 1990

Web links

Commons : Burg Frauenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files