Schmalegg Castle

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Schmalegg Castle
Schlossbüchl seen from the Schlosshalde

Schlossbüchl seen from the Schlosshalde

Alternative name (s): Schlossbüchl, Schenkenburg
Creation time : around 1148
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles, Ministerials
Place: Schmalegg
Geographical location 47 ° 48 '31.9 "  N , 9 ° 33' 2.3"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '31.9 "  N , 9 ° 33' 2.3"  E
Height: 555  m above sea level NN
Schmalegg Castle (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Schmalegg Castle

The castle Schmalegg even taverns Burg called, is a Outbound hilltop castle on the 555  m above sea level. NN high Schlossbüchl in the Schmalegg district of the city of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was built in the 12th century by the Schmalegg taverns , a Guelph and later Hohenstaufen ministerial family , burned down in the Thirty Years War in 1647 and then used as a quarry. In the 13th century the castle was also the ancestral seat of the minstrel Ulrich von Winterstetten .

investment

The "Schmale Eck" marked in the name Schmalegg is a promontory protruding into the ravine, on which the old village of Schmalegg, the Schlosshalde, is still located today. The closely spaced courtyards here formed a bailey to the actual castle of the knight family, built on a cone of land projected into the ravine. This was separated from the outer bailey by a drawbridge . Since the castle is a chapel of St. Nicholas, it could not have been small. The outer bailey probably also had a fortification that separated it from the adjacent plateau.

Castle hill with saddle

All that remains of the former castle complex is a deep saddle, which represents the former moat .

Coat of arms of the Knights of Schmalegg

The coat of arms of the Knights of Schmalegg is described as a triangular shield, inclined to the right , which shows a structure lying on a gold background, which can be interpreted as a wolf tang or wall hook . On the upper left corner of the shield sits a pot helmet from which a bent horn protrudes. The horn carries three small shields which in turn show the wall hook and are each set with three peacock feathers. From this coat of arms the earlier municipal coat of arms of Schmalegg was derived.

history

  • 1148 first documented mention as Smalunekke .
  • Between 1274 and 1294 Schmalegg Castle was sold to the Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans .
  • On July 4, 1413, Count Eberhard von Werdenberg zu Sigmaringen sold the Schmalegg rule for 6300  florins (rh.) To the imperial city of Ravensburg , which installed a bailiff on the castle .
  • In the spring of 1647 the castle was burned down by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years War .
  • In 1824 there are still significant ruins of the gate tower and the fortification wall. Grain is now grown on the Schlossbüchl.
  • In 1862 the remaining ruins are used to build the church in Schmalegg.

Todays use

Cross on the Schlossbüchl

Today, at the site of the former Schmalegg Castle, there is a cross, a bench and several information boards that refer to the former rule. The cross comes from Herrgottschnitzer Riegel from Altshausen and was inaugurated on July 3, 1956.

Golden skittles

According to a legend, a golden skittles game is said to be hidden at Schmalegg Castle . The fools guild Bettelspitz Schmalegg reminds of this legend every year during the carnival with a bowling competition for the local schoolchildren and kindergarten children.

botany

The lady 's slipper , a rare wild-growing species of orchid, is found at the Schlossbüchl . The lady's slipper is endangered according to the Red List and is strictly protected according to the Federal Species Protection Ordinance.

literature

  • Hans Ulrich Rudolf (eds.), Berthold Büchele, Ursula Rückgauer: Places of rule and power - castles and palaces in the Ravensburg district . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0508-6 , pp. 336–337.
  • Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .
  • Josef Schmid: The beautiful Schmalegg . Homeland book. Alfons Holzschuh, Ravensburg 1963.
  • Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger: Description of the Oberamt Ravensburg . Cotta, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LEO-BW: Schmalegg (part of town)
  2. ↑ Josef Schmid: The beautiful Schmalegg . Homeland book. Alfons Holzschuh, Ravensburg 1963, p. 44
  3. ↑ a b c Josef Schmid: The beautiful Schmalegg . Homeland book. Alfons Holzschuh, Ravensburg 1963, p. 30
  4. ^ Regest in the Fürstenberg Document Book Volume VI
  5. ^ Pastor Josef Anton Bauer: parish chronicle . Schmalegg 1824
  6. ↑ Josef Schmid: The beautiful Schmalegg . Homeland book. Alfons Holzschuh, Ravensburg 1963, p. 77
  7. ↑ Narrenzunft Bettelspitz Schmalegg, village carnival in Schmalegg
  8. ↑ Josef Schmid: The beautiful Schmalegg . Homeland book. Alfons Holzschuh, Ravensburg 1963, pp. 22-24