Weyarn Castle
Weyarn Castle | ||
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Alternative name (s): | Viare | |
Creation time : | 11th century | |
Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall, built over with a monastery | |
Place: | Weyarn | |
Geographical location | 47 ° 51 '26.6 " N , 11 ° 47' 47.5" E | |
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The castle Weyarn ( Viare ) is an Outbound high medieval hilltop castle instead of the monastery Weyarn in Weyarn in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria .
At Viare Castle (from the Latin: cella vivaria = fish pond) built in the 11th century , Count Siboto von Falkenstein founded the Augustinian Canons ' Monastery in Weyarn in 1133 , today's monastery of the Teutonic Order in Weyarn.
The St. Jakobs Chapel is still preserved from the former castle complex.
literature
- Karl Bosl (Hrsg.): Bavaria (= manual of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 7 ). 3. Edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-520-27703-4 ( Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 277.).
Web links
- Entry on Weyarn in the private database "Alle Burgen".