Winterstetten Castle

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Winterstetten Castle
Remains of the wall of the Schenkenburg Castle in Winterstetten

Remains of the wall of the Schenkenburg Castle in Winterstetten

Alternative name (s): Schenkenberg, Schenkenburg, Winterstettenstadt
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Winterstettenstadt
Geographical location 48 ° 0 '18.8 "  N , 9 ° 44' 22.4"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '18.8 "  N , 9 ° 44' 22.4"  E
Height: 607.3  m above sea level NN

The castle Winterstetten even Schenkenberg , taverns castle or fortress rest Winterstetten city called, is the ruins of a hilltop castle at 607.3  m above sea level. NN in the Riss valley above Winterstettenstadt , a district of Ingoldingen , in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The castle was probably originally built by the Lords of Winterstetten . The last representative of this family was a Herr von Winterstetten, who appeared in the imperial entourage in 1181 and 1187.

Around 1214, the Reichsministeriale Konrad von Tanne, later also known as Konrad von Winterstetten , a confidante of Emperor Friedrich II , was given control of the castle. He was King Heinrich's educator, "procurator" or "prefectus" of Swabia, guardian of the imperial regalia and owner of the gift office and became known, among other things, for the establishment of the Baindt monastery .

His successor as lord of the castle and in the gift office was Konrad von Schmalegg , who died in 1243. One of his descendants, Schenk Konrad, was besieged by the Bishop of Constance in 1261 and in the end had to become a fief .

The rulership of the castle changed hands, before 1331 it fell to the House of Habsburg . After it was pledged by the Austrians, it finally fell to the Waldburg Truchsessen in 1438.

In the 15th century the castle fell into disrepair, so it was demolished in 1759.

Blackboard at the castle stables of Schenkenburg Winterstetten

investment

Only remnants of the keep with a base area of ​​7.5 by 8.3 meters and a wall thickness of 1.2 meters, parts of the circular wall with a diameter of 1.6 meters and the neck moat have survived from the former castle complex .

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