Löwenberg Castle (Graubünden)

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Löwenberg Castle
Löwenberg Castle Hill

Löwenberg Castle Hill

Creation time : Mid 12th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: few remains of the wall
Standing position : Noble Free
Construction: Rubble stones
Place: No
Geographical location 46 ° 47 '17.3 "  N , 9 ° 13' 20"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '17.3 "  N , 9 ° 13' 20"  E ; CH1903:  736178  /  one hundred eighty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-three
Height: 820  m above sea level M.
Löwenberg Castle (Canton of Graubünden)
Löwenberg Castle

The ruins of the Löwenberg Castle are located in the municipality of Schluein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden .

location

The sparse remains of the wall of the former Löwenberg Castle are 820  m above sea level. M. west above the village on a rock head and can be easily reached on foot in a few minutes.

investment

Apart from the corner of a foundation wall, nothing has been preserved from the system. The floor plan of the original castle complex is no longer recognizable. The few illustrations from the 19th century are contradictory: The depiction of Löwenberg Castle on the engraving by Johann Caspar Ulinger from around 1755 has little in common with the depiction of Kraneck from 1830, whereas his engraving with a photograph taken shortly after the fire in 1889 was recorded, is very similar. It is not known whether the castle was completely rebuilt between 1755 (depiction of Ulinger) and 1830 (depiction of Kraneck).

  • Löwenberg around 1755, engraving by Johann Caspar Ulinger

  • Löwenberg on a drawing by Heinrich Kraneck, 1830

  • Löwenberg_Foto after the fire in 1889

  • Löwenberg coat of arms in Schluein on the new building

history

There are no written documents about the origins and history of the castle. The time of origin is not known, but can be dated to the 12th century.

The castle was the seat of the noble von Löwenberg family; In 1160 and 1257 a Walter von Löwenberg is mentioned. The Lords of Löwenberg are identical to those of Montalt . 1257 are listed: Symon de Muntalt et Waltherus suus filius and Henrico de Wildemberc, Walthero de Muntalt nobilibus . The following are named as witnesses in the same matter: domini Waltheri de Lewenberc, domini Henrici de Wildemberc . Accordingly, his father Symon sat on Montalt in 1257, his son Walther on Löwenberg. Montalt Castle and the presumed ancestral seat of the Montalta family stood as a watchtower below Riein and south of Sevgein (near Prad) on the former valley path into Lugnez and over Güner Lückli.

After Symon von Montalt's death around 1351, Count Rudolf von Werdenberg-Sargans concluded an agreement with Heinrich von Rüssegg, presumably a son-in-law of Symons about the vesti Lewenberg, but nothing is known about its content.

After the death of Heinrich von Muntalt, the last of his family around 1378, the castle came to the Lords of Rüssegg for compensation after an inheritance dispute between Rüssegg and Haldenstein. Elisabeth von Haldenstein , born Montalt, sold her Montalter rulership rights to the barons of Rhäzüns on the same day , although Löwenberg Castle is not mentioned. After the Haldensteiners waived, the castle came to the Lords of Werdenberg-Sargans in 1383. In 1383 Johann von Werdenberg-Sargans documents our vesti ze Lewenberg and in 1395 he joined the Ilanzer Bund with the castle , the future Gray Bund .

On July 31, 1428 the Werdenbergers are mentioned for the last time as Lords of Löwenberg. In 1428 they sold Löwenberg to Heinrich von Lumerins , to whom it was already pledged. In 1440 and 1455 the von Lumerins are named as Lords of Löwenberg. Between 1481 and 1589 the castle went to the of Mont from Vella over and remained in their possession until the middle of the 16th century. In 1512 Löwenberg was pledge for the morning gift of Gaudenz von Mont to his wife Barbara von Marmels .

On the left the new building, on the right in the forest the hill with the ruins

Between 1551 and 1594 Löwenberg experienced numerous changes of ownership; The owners were among others the influential notables von Capol and von Planta .

After a fire, the castle was partially rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1685; the main tower was removed. In 1832/33 it was the seat of a boys' school and from 1838 to 1850 the seat of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood .

It burned down completely on April 14, 1889. The episcopal orphanage, which has been located in the castle since 1851, moved into a new building, which was built from its stones on the site of the original supply yard 150 meters southwest of the castle. The masonry of the ruin was practically completely removed. The orphanage was closed in 1972. A transit center for asylum seekers has been set up in the new building since 1988.

literature

  • Otto P. Clavadetscher, Werner Meyer : The castle book of Graubünden . Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-280-01319-4
  • Georg Josef Montalta, The Montalt in the Bündner Oberland , in: Der Schweizer Familienforscher, December 1, 1971 p. 73ff.
  • Anton of Castelmur; “ Castles and Palaces of Switzerland” , Vol. II, Basel 1940.
  • Adolf Collenberg: Löwenberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 9, 2010 .

Web links

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