Veringen Castle
| Veringen Castle | ||
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 Veringen Castle - View of the keep ruins and St. Peter's Chapel in the background |
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| Creation time : | around 1100 to 1130 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Construction: | Small cuboid and hump cuboid masonry | |
| Place: | Veringenstadt | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 10 '46.7 " N , 9 ° 12' 44.8" E | |
| Height: | 675 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Veringen is the ruin of a Spur castle on one of the Lauchert reflowed 675 m above sea level. NN high ridge above the parish church St. Nikolaus in the town of Veringenstadt in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Wuerttemberg .
history
The castle was probably built around 1100 to 1130 by Count Marquard from the Counts of Veringen in the county of Veringen and mentioned in 1134. Around 1200 the castle was redesigned in a humpback square construction and the residential tower was rebuilt. In 1344 Count Heinrich von Veringen sold the rights to the castle and town with the associated villages to Counts Eberhard and Ulrich von Württemberg . In 1464 the castle was repaired by Hans von Werdenberg , and in 1487 further construction work was carried out on the castle. In 1633 the "castle" below the castle at Veringen was ruined (not destroyed) by Sweden under General Horn . The old castle fell into disrepair and was used as a quarry for several generations. From 1978 to 1983 the ruins were secured and are now freely accessible.
description
The castle complex together with the city formed a technical fortification unit and can be divided into two construction phases. In the 12th century it was a simple complex with a tower, half-timbered buildings and palisade defense , in the second phase of construction the complex was rebuilt around 1200 in a humpback square construction, the tower to the dimensions 15.30 by 16 meters with a wall thickness of 3.30 to Enlarged 3.50 meters and converted into a heated residential tower .
The late Romanesque St. Peter's Chapel with a rectangular interior and semicircular apse dates from 10/11. Century and is therefore much older than the castle. After the castle was built, it served as a castle chapel .
Castle ruins with St. Peter's Chapel (view from the southwest)
Castle ruins with St. Peter's Chapel (view from the south, from the bell tower of St. Nicholas Church)
Castle ruins with castle gate (view from the east)
Castle ruins (view from the west)
City, St. Nicholas Church, castle ruins with St. Peter's Chapel. In the foreground on the left the Lauchert river (view from the south)
literature
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 416-421.
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 5 - West Alb: Hiking and discovering between Reutlingen and Spaichingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1993, ISBN 3-924489-65-3 , pp. 113-124.
Web links
- Video with aerial photos of the Veringen castle ruins
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hohenzollern homeland. Volume 31, No. 2 1981, page 17.