Burgrest Schwendi
| Burgrest Schwendi | ||
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| Creation time : | Medieval | |
| Castle type : | Location, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, castle hill | |
| Place: | Schwendi | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 10 '44.4 " N , 9 ° 58' 28.9" E | |
| Height: | 544 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle rest Schwendi shall mean a castle Schwendi a second medieval noble residence in the town of Schwendi in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg . The defunct tower hill castle (Motte) was about 544 meters above sea level at the site of the local church.
The remains of the Motte , already mentioned in 1406 as a castle stables, i.e. as an uninhabitable castle, were built in around 1561 in the parish church of St. Stephanus. Nothing has survived from the former castle complex with a tower and mountain ring on an artificial hill.
literature
- Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district . (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district . 9th year, special issue 1, ISSN 1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, p. 60.
- Otto Beck: Art and history in the Biberach district. A travel guide to cultural sites and sights in the middle of Upper Swabia . In: Thorbecke-Taschen-Bildführer . Volume 7. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1983, ISBN 3-7995-3707-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district , p. 60