Altenschönegg castle ruins

Altenschönegg castle ruins
	Römerturm , keep of the Altenschönegg castle ruins
Alternative name (s):	Alten-Schönegg, Altschönegg, Oberschönegg, Schönegg, Ober-Schönegg, Römerturm
Creation time :	around 1220
Castle type :	Niederungsburg, location
Conservation status:	Keep
Standing position :	Nobles
Construction:	Brick, Nagelfluhquader
Place:	Oberschönegg
Geographical location	48 ° 6 '27 " N , 10 ° 17' 45.9" E Coordinates: 48 ° 6 '27 " N , 10 ° 17' 45.9" E
Height:	620 m above sea level NHN

The Altenschönegg castle ruins , also known as Alten-Schönegg, Altschönegg, Oberschönegg, Schönegg and today Römerturm , are the ruins of a Niederungsburg on the outskirts of Oberschönegg in the direction of Babenhausen in the Swabian district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria .

history

The castle was first mentioned in 1220 and was the seat of the important imperial ministerial dynasty of the Lords of Schönegg. In 1273 they founded the nearby Klosterbeuren convent. Altenschönegg Castle was allegedly destroyed in 1281 by King Rudolf von Habsburg and in 1319 by the citizens of Memmingen. Since 1355 care office of the Hochstift Augsburg . In that year, the Augsburg Bishop Marquard I von Randeck acquired the Schönegg rule after the male line had died out. In the period from 1395 to 1462 the castle was pledged to the Lords of Aichelberg and then to the episcopal court master Stain von Ronsperg. Bishop Burkhard von Ellerbach from Augsburg accused the city council of Memmingen that the citizens of Memmingen had destroyed the castle chapel St. Burkard - probably during the city war of 1388/1389. The castle itself was repeatedly destroyed. So in 1446 by citizens of Ulm and in 1462 in the dispute between Emperor Friedrich III. with Duke Ludwig IX. The castle retained the status of the maintenance office of the Augsburg bishopric until 1802.

View into the collapsed castle

On June 3, 1809, Prince Anselm Maria Fugger von Babenhausen acquired the square 30 meter high brick keep with a base made of Nagelfluh ashlar , had it repaired and made it accessible to the population as a lookout tower as the so-called Roman tower . The lower part of the tower consists of ashlar stones from the 12th or early 13th century. The top, made of bricks, is likely to date from the 15th or 16th century. Was also wine Ried , the so-called "Seven Hills Village" owned by the Fugger .

literature

Heinrich Habel, Helga Himen: Swabia (= monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII ). Munich 1985.
Heinrich Habel: District Illertissen . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard and Adam Horn. tape 27 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1967, p. 177, 178 .

Web links

Commons : Altenschönegg Castle Ruins - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Altenschönegg castle ruins in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute