Möhringen Castle

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Möhringen Castle
Creation time : 1200 to 1300
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Unlingen -Möhringen

The castle Möhringen is an Outbound castle near the church of the district Möhringen the community Unlingen in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle, mentioned in the 13th century, was owned by the Lords of Thännat, bailiffs of the Habsburgs . Later owners were the lords of Magenbuch, the lords of Hundersingen and the lords of Ehrenfels. From 1442 the castle came to the Flur family from Riedlingen , then to that of Speth and in 1479 to the Riedlingen hospital. In 1590 the remains of the castle were still preserved.

literature

  • Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district . 9th year, special issue 1, ISSN  1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, p. 53.
  • Otto Beck: Art and history in the Biberach district. A travel guide to cultural sites and sights in the middle of Upper Swabia (= Thorbecke-Taschen-Bildführer. Vol. 7). Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1983, ISBN 3-7995-3707-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and noble residences in the Biberach district. , P. 53