Suseck Castle

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Suseck Castle
Suseck Castle in Wiggensbach's coat of arms

Suseck Castle in Wiggensbach's coat of arms

Creation time : first mentioned in 1451
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Wiggensbach -Westenried
Geographical location 47 ° 44 '42.4 "  N , 10 ° 13' 16.3"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '42.4 "  N , 10 ° 13' 16.3"  E
Height: 890  m above sea level NN

The castle Suseck is an Outbound castle behind the guest house in the district of Black Westenried (castle road) in the municipality Wiggensbach in Oberallgäu ( Bayern ). - The castle is included in the Wiggensbach coat of arms.

Suseck Castle was first mentioned in 1451 as "Burg zu Westenried" in Heimenhofischen (Heimenhofen Castle ) property, was owned by the Kempten Abbey from 1511 and was destroyed in the Peasants' War in 1525 . The castle stable still shows the remains of the castle hill and the moat . A memorial stone from 1930 indicates the former castle complex.

Individual evidence

  1. Burg Suseck at fewomandrik.de ( Memento from January 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )