Löwental Castle

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Löwental Castle
Alternative name (s): Calibration bars
Creation time : around 1154
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: departed
Standing position : Nobles, Ministerials
Place: Friedrichshafen

The castle Löwental even Eichstegen called, is a Outbound castle in today's district Löwental the city of Friedrichshafen in Bodenseekreis in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

The castle was built by the Lords of Eichstegen, a Welf ministerial family , and mentioned in 1154. In 1250 Johann von Eichstegen handed over the castle and lands to the Dominicans of Constance , who converted the castle into the Löwental monastery .

Nothing has been preserved from the castle complex, which cannot be precisely located.

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