Schwenden Castle
| Schwenden Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | first mentioned in 1309 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Argenbühl- Ratzenried | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 44 '11.3 " N , 9 ° 55' 3.6" E | |
| Height: | 650 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Schwenden is one of two dialed hilltop castles at 650 meters above sea level. NHN in the area of the Schwenden residential area in the Ratzenried district of the Argenbühl municipality in the Ravensburg district ( Baden-Württemberg ). It was about 600 meters west-southwest of the place.
The castle was owned by the Lords of Schwenden and is first mentioned in 1309 with Heinrich von Schwenden. Today a memorial stone by Otto Merkt from 1938 reminds of the former castle complex .
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 , p. 85.
- Otto Merkt : Castles, jumps and gallows in the Allgäu . Kösel-Verlag, edition 1/1951.