Fronhofen Castle
| Fronhofen Castle | |
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 Tower stump in Fronhofen |
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| Alternative name (s): | Roman tower |
| Creation time : | around 1100 |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | partially preserved |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale |
| Place: | Fronreute |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 51 '31.9 " N , 9 ° 31' 14.1" E |
The Fronhofen Castle , also known as the Römerturm , is a partially preserved medieval residential tower in Fronhofen (district of Fronreute ) in the Ravensburg district in Baden-Württemberg .
An approximately 18-meter-high stump of the tower has been preserved from the system, which was built around 1100.
The noble family originally resident here first appears in a document in 1171 with Mengoz de Fronhove . Members of the sex were ministerials of the Hohenstaufen and later of the Holy Roman Empire . The brothers Eberhard and Berthold von Fronhofen called themselves ministerialis regis as early as 1209 . A younger Eberhard ( "frater domini Bertholdi de Fronhoven" ) was then called from 1251 Eberhardus de Kunigsegge (after the Königsegg castle of the same name ) and founded the noble family of the Counts of Königsegg , which is still flourishing today .
The later owners were the von Stuben family of ministers .
literature
- Hans Ulrich Rudolf (eds.), Berthold Büchele, Ursula Rückgauer: Places of rule and power - castles and palaces in the Ravensburg district . From the series: Oberschwaben - Views and Prospects, Volume 9 . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0508-6 , pp. 190–194.
- Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Orig. In the General-Landesarchiv Karlsruhe, printed in the Württemb. Document Book IV, 368