Kilsenberg Castle

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Kilsenberg Castle
Creation time : probably 12th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Owingen - Hohenbodman Castle Courtyards
Geographical location 47 ° 49 '8 "  N , 9 ° 13' 9.7"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '8 "  N , 9 ° 13' 9.7"  E

The castle Kilsenberg is an Outbound hilltop castle on the "Kätzleberg" 500 meters east of today's living space courtyards in the area of the district Hohenbodman the municipality Owingen in Bodensee district ( Baden-Wuerttemberg ).

The castle, which was probably built in the 12th century and now only recognizable as a castle hill with moats, was the seat of Kilse von Kilsenberg, attested from 1191 to 1270.

literature

  • Franz Bohnstedt: The castle of the knights of Kilsenberg . In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings 77, 1969, pp. 71–85.
  • Michael Losse (ed.): Castles, palaces, aristocratic residences and fortifications on northern Lake Constance, Volume 1.1: Western part around Sipplingen, Überlingen, Heiligenberg and Salem . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-191-1 , pp. 85-87.
  • Alois Schneider: Castles and fortifications of the Middle Ages in the Lake Constance district . In: Find reports from Baden-Württemberg 14, 1989, pp. 617–619 No. 48.

Individual evidence

  1. Burghöfe at leo-bw.de