Hohenfriedingen Castle

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Hohenfriedingen Castle
View from the southeast to the castle

View from the southeast to the castle

Alternative name (s): Hohenfriedingen Castle, Friedingen Castle, Friedingen Castle
Creation time : 12th Century
Castle type : Elongated summit castle
Conservation status: Preserved or essential parts preserved, habitable
Place: Friedingen
Geographical location 47 ° 47 '4.4 "  N , 8 ° 53' 14.7"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '4.4 "  N , 8 ° 53' 14.7"  E
Height: 547.2  m above sea level NHN
Hohenfriedingen Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Hohenfriedingen Castle

The colloquially Friedinger Schlössle called Castle High Friedingen or castle Friedingen is Friedingen , a district of Singen (Hohentwiel) in Baden-Württemberg district of Konstanz in Germany .

Geographical location

On the Friedinger Schlossberg , a summit east of Friedingen, about 800 meters as the crow flies from the town center, the Friedingen Summit Castle is at 547.2  m above sea level. Above sea level. The location about 150 meters above Lake Constance allows a view of the Untersee , the volcanoes of the Hegau and, with good visibility, the panorama of the Alps , which sometimes even allows a view of the Mont Blanc massif .

history

The first mention of the castle unsecured High Friedingen found around the year 914 by King I. Konrad instead. In the period between 1170 and 1180 the castle was built by the Lords of Friedingen . In the 14th century the castle was divided and the Schwarz family from Constance became co-owners. In 1448 this share was sold to Frischhans von Bodman zu Möggingen. In 1476 the remaining share also fell to the Lords of Bodman .

The castle was destroyed in the Swiss War in 1499, but then rebuilt. In 1539 the Lords of Bodman sold the castle to the town of Radolfzell , who thus came into the possession of the castle of their former lords.

Another destruction took place in the Thirty Years War by the troops of the Hohentwiel Fortress in 1647. Four years later, in 1651, the reconstruction of the castle began. This division has been preserved to this day as "Friedinger Schlössle".

Probably because the castle served as accommodation for a special unit of the Waffen-SS at the end of the Second World War , French troops destroyed the interior furnishings in 1945.

Today the castle is used as an excursion restaurant. In the summer there is a beer garden in the courtyard and knight's meals are held in the ballroom .

description

The castle is surrounded by a polygonal , somewhat elongated curtain wall. The farm buildings are built directly onto this circular wall inside. The only access to the east is flanked by two strong cheek walls. The former bailey no longer exists today, the area has been used as a garden since it was destroyed.

Below the castle, about 200 meters away, is the castle's courtyard, which is still in use today.

gallery

  • Entrance portal
  • South wall
  • Information board
  • Board next to the entrance portal

literature

  • 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 .
  • Arthur Hauptmann: Castles then and now - castles and castle ruins in southern Baden and neighboring areas . Verlag Südkurier, Konstanz 1984, ISBN 3-87799-040-1 , pp. 67-70.
  • Michael Losse: Castles in Hegau . Working group Hegau-Schaffhausen, Singen 2002, ISBN 3-89021-708-7 .
  • Michael Losse, Hans Noll, Michael Greuter (eds.): Castles, palaces and fortresses in Hegau: fortifications and aristocratic residences in the western Lake Constance area. Michael Greuter Verlag, Hilzingen 2006, ISBN 3-938566-05-1 , pp. 79-81.
  • Michael Losse: "Friedingen, quiet and proud parties". Comments on the so-called "Friedinger Schlößle" near Friedingen im Hegau. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 126th year 2008, pp. 3–26 ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Friedinger Schlössle  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )