Burgrest Hüneberg

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Burgrest Hüneberg
Rest of the curtain wall

Rest of the curtain wall

Alternative name (s): Burghalde
Creation time : 1100 to 1200
Castle type : Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status: Remains of the residential tower, trench section
Standing position : Ministerialenburg
Construction: Cuboid and small cuboid masonry
Place: Sipplingen - "Burghalde"
Geographical location 47 ° 47 '45.2 "  N , 9 ° 6' 42.1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '45.2 "  N , 9 ° 6' 42.1"  E
Height: 528.3  m above sea level NN

The Burgrest Hüneberg , also known as Burghalde , is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 528.3  m above sea level. NN high sandstone ridge of the Hüneberg above the municipality of Sipplingen in the Lake Constance district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The castle was probably built in the 12th century by the Lords of Hüneberg, on March 15, 1171, Gerungus de Huneberc, a nobleman of this family, was first mentioned. The Lords of Hüneberg were ministerials of the Reichenau Monastery , from the 13th century they served the Counts of Heiligenberg , in whose documents they appear several times. The aristocratic family died out during the 14th century, and when it became extinct, so did their castle. In 1494 part of the castle valley uff dem Hünenberg was sold by a citizen of Constance.

From the former castle complex on an oval castle area of ​​about 130 by 17 meters there was a core castle measuring about 17 by 70 meters . Today there are still 6 meter high wall remains of the residential tower as well as the remains of a trench section

literature

  • Michael Losse (Ed.): Castles, palaces, aristocratic residences and fortifications on northern Lake Constance. Volume 1.1: Western part around Sipplingen, Überlingen, Heiligenberg and Salem . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-191-1 , pp. 113-117.
  • Alois Schneider: Castles and fortifications in the Lake Constance district . Ed .: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (=  Fund reports from Baden-Württemberg . Volume 14 ). 1st edition. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-510-49114-9 , pp. 621-622 .
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan lexicon . Special edition. Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1 , p. 132.

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