Schiggendorf Castle

Schiggendorf Castle
	Ledges and ditches
Alternative name (s):	Schlossberg
Creation time :	Early middle ages
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Meersburg- Schiggendorf
Geographical location	47 ° 43 '9.3 " N , 9 ° 16' 44.3" E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '9.3 " N , 9 ° 16' 44.3" E

The castle Schiggendorf is an Outbound hilltop castle ( ramparts ) in wooded terrain on the mountain ledge Schlossberg 400 meters south-southwest of the present town part Schiggendorf the city Meersburg in Bodenseekreis ( Baden-Wuerttemberg ).

description

The probably early medieval ramparts are one of the most impressive fortifications in the Lake Constance district. A system of earth walls and ditches surrounds an area of about 0.5 hectares on a spur formed by two deep ravines . The steep slopes of the spur protruding to the northwest protect the facility from northwest to southeast. The south-western side is protected from the plateau by an inner, roughly arched earth wall with a pre-moat. Terrain features indicate that the wall was continued at least in the southeastern area on the slope to a berm below . The wall has a narrow breakthrough in the southwest, which could be of a more recent construction or origin. Another wall with a ditch is in front of the inner wall. In the southeastern area, the outer wall connects directly to the inner pre-moat and is broken through at the same point of passage as the inner wall. The external entrance is much wider and probably from the construction period. From this entrance the rampart runs roughly parallel to the inner rampart in a north-west direction, but offset by about five to eight meters to the outside. It is not clear why the southeast and northwest outer walls were built at different distances from the inner wall, apparently intentionally. If the inner wall breakthrough is actually of more recent origin, this gap between the walls, in connection with the probably older outer gate, could have formed an access to the complex. In this case, the only conceivable access to the interior would be to look under today's forest path.

The outer access was protected by an approximately 30-50 meter long and slightly arched outer wall with a ditch. This part is heavily sanded today, but still recognizable. The great distance of more than 15 meters to the gate is puzzling; there may have been wooden weir systems here.

The purpose of the facility is unknown. The area separated by the ramparts is untypical and too large for a noble residence with a typical hilltop castle. The previously assumed interpretation of the complex as a prehistoric rampart is today, u. a. Due to the partly still very well preserved terrain features, excluded, as the ramparts are partly very steep and up to about five meters high.

There are no known finds or mentions that allow the system to be classified. The actual purpose of the fortification, which is atypical for the region, must remain open. The system is disturbed in some places by forest paths, which makes an interpretation even more difficult.

Decay of the castle in the legend

According to a legend, the robber baron von Schiggendorf kidnapped the daughter of Schenken von Ittendorf with the help of the knight von Baitenhausen and married her in the Heidenhöhle von Bermatingen . After that he left his homeland and the castle fell into disrepair.

literature

Alois Schneider: Castles and fortifications in the Lake Constance district . Ed .: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (= Fund reports from Baden-Württemberg . Volume 14 ). 1st edition. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-510-49114-9 , pp. 595-598 .

Christoph Morrissey, Dieter Müller: Wall systems in the administrative district of Tübingen . Ed .: Regional Council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation (= Atlas of archaeological land monuments in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2/26 ). 1st edition. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2645-4 , p. 154-160 .

Hansjürgen Brachmann : The early medieval fortifications in Central Europe. Investigations into its development and function in the Germanic-German area. (= Writings on prehistory and early history. 45). Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-05-001995-6 .
Beautification Association 1872 Meersburg e. V .: Hiking map around the city of Meersburg and the community of Daisendorf. Scale 1: 15833. Meersburg 1999.
City map Konstanz with area map. Falk-Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-88445-723-3 .

Web links

Commons : Burg Schiggendorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Schummerungskarte Source: LGL, www.lgl-bw.de
www.alleburgen.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Alois Schneider: Castles and fortifications in the Lake Constance district . Ed .: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (= Fund reports from Baden-Württemberg . Volume 14 ). 1st edition. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung , 1989, ISBN 3-510-49114-9 , ISSN 0071-9897 , p. 595-598 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Christoph Morrissey - Dieter Müller: Wall systems in the administrative district of Tübingen . Ed .: Regional Council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation (= Atlas of archaeological land monuments in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2/26 ). 1st edition. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2645-4 , p. 154-160 .

↑ Fall of Schiggendorf Castle (PDF file)

[Fundberichte-1] Alois Schneider: Castles and fortifications in the Lake Constance district . Ed .: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (= Fund reports from Baden-Württemberg . Volume 14 ). 1st edition. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung , 1989, ISBN 3-510-49114-9 , ISSN 0071-9897 , p. 595-598 .

[Wallanlagen-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Christoph Morrissey - Dieter Müller: Wall systems in the administrative district of Tübingen . Ed .: Regional Council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation (= Atlas of archaeological land monuments in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2/26 ). 1st edition. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2645-4 , p. 154-160 .

[3] Fall of Schiggendorf Castle (PDF file)