Wessenberg Castle

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Wessenberg Castle
Creation time : Probably at the end of the 12th century
Conservation status: Gone
Place: Between Hottwil and Mandach
Geographical location 47 ° 33 '5.7 "  N , 8 ° 10' 19.8"  O Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '5.7 "  N , 8 ° 10' 19.8"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred fifty-five thousand two hundred sixteen  /  two hundred and sixty-seven thousand and twenty-one
Height: 602  m above sea level M.
Wessenberg Castle (Canton of Aargau)
Wessenberg Castle

Castle Wessenberg is an Outbound castle in the Canton of Aargau . It was on the Wessenberg between Hottwil and Mandach and was the headquarters of the Wessenberg family .

history

The castle Wessenberg was probably built at the end of the 12th century on the northern end of the Wessenberg, on the municipal ban of Mandach. It was inhabited until the middle of the 14th century. It is partly believed that the decay was related to the Basel earthquake in 1356 . In 1373, Duke Leopold of Austria confirmed Hans and Pantaleon von Wessenberg to have the rights to their festivals Wessenberg in Etzwil and Mandach, namely compulsory and ban, large and small courts, taxes and services with all freedoms and rights. By the middle of the 15th century, the castle fell into disrepair and the stones were used to build houses in the surrounding villages. Today only parts of the floor plan can be seen. The Twingmarch of the Wessenberg rule has been handed down to the year 1600.

literature

Eduard Staudacher: The hidden village in the Table Jura. Brugger Neujahrsblätter, Vol. 93 (1983) pp. 129-141.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eduard Staudacher, former municipality clerk of Mandach and farmer's secretary: The hidden village in the Tafeljura (In: Brugger Neujahrsblätter), online , accessed on March 1, 2018
  2. ↑ Duke Lopold of Austria: deed , January 17, 1373 in the State Archives Zurich, signature: "A 315.1, no. 1" catalog
  3. ^ Wessenberg Academy: The von Wessenberg family in Aargau , accessed on March 1, 2018
  4. ↑ Marchen II (1420 - 1795), No. 2: Twingmarch der Herrschaft Wessenberg 1600 , dossier in the Aargau State Archives, call number : AA / 2773, online catalog
  5. ↑ Marchen I (1471-1782), 03: Marches of the Schenkenberg Office against the rule of Laufenburg and the County of Baden (to Etzwil, Mandach, Villigen and near Wessenberg Castle) as well as Marchstein appointments 1585-1776 (41 fol.) , Dossier in the Aargau State Archives , Call number: AA / 2772, online catalog