Ramsau Castle

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Ramsau Castle
Alternative name (s): Ramsau Castle, Ramsauburg
Creation time : mentioned in the 12th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Nussdorf am Inn - Ramsau
Geographical location 47 ° 44 '53.1 "  N , 12 ° 9' 40.8"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '53.1 "  N , 12 ° 9' 40.8"  E
Height: 620  m above sea level NHN
Ramsau Castle (Bavaria)
Ramsau Castle

The castle Ramsau , including Ramsau castle and Ramsauburg called, is a Outbound hilltop castle on 620  m above sea level. NHN in spur location 900 meters north of the church of Ramsau , a district of the municipality of Nussdorf am Inn in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria .

The castle was built by the lords of Nussdorf and mentioned in the 12th century. From the 14th century the knights of Klammenstein (Clammensteiner) are the lords of the castle. Klammenstein Castle is to be assumed as the headquarters of the Clammsteiners . From 1402 the Lords of Kammer were the owners, from 1484 the Angerkloster Munich. It was destroyed in 1504 during the siege of Kufstein in the course of the Landshut War of Succession . The last remains of the castle above ground were removed around 1950.

The castle complex was either a tower hill castle (Motte) or rather a tower castle on a spur peak in a promising location.

literature

  • Michael W. Weithmann, District of Upper Bavaria (ed.): Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Munich 1995, pp. 334-337.
  • Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 236 .

Web links

  • Entry on Ramsau in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Meyer: Burgen in Oberbayern , p. 236.
  2. ↑ Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria , p. 334 f.
  3. ↑ Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria , p. 335.