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Linsen Castle - View of the castle hill with a memorial plaque from the east

Linsen Castle - View of the castle hill with a memorial plaque from the east

Creation time : before 1319
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Castle stable, remains of the foundation walls preserved
Standing position : Noble
Place: Waltenhofen lenses
Geographical location 47 ° 38 '10.3 "  N , 10 ° 14' 26.5"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 38 '10.3 "  N , 10 ° 14' 26.5"  E
Height: 780  m above sea level NN
Burgstall Linsen (Bavaria)
Burgstall lenses

The castle lenses is an Outbound hilltop castle on 780  m above sea level. NN in the Allgäu . It is located on a small hill in the village of the same name in the municipality of Waltenhofen in the Oberallgäu district in Bavaria .

history

Linsen Castle belonged to the county of Königsegg-Rothenfels on the border with the area of ​​the Prince Abbey of Kempten .

The first mention in 1319 is a Konrad von Rothenstein , called the Obere (from a branch of Grönenbach).

There is a seal of the knight Heinrich von Linsen (two maces) from 1362.

In 1381 Walther von Laubenberg bought the castle and the building yard for Linsen and the Tafern zu Niedersonthofen from Clara von Langenegg, the widow of Benzen . The nearby church is dated around this time .

In 1439 Rudolf and Heinrich von Montfort donated a benefit to Linsen.

description

The Burgstall is located on a small, steep, partly abandoned castle hill with a view over the Niedersonthofener See in the east and the Illertal to the south. The small Linsener Bach falls directly on the west side about 14 meters in depth.

Today there is a memorial plaque and small remains of foundation walls on the hill .

The associated church (now a chapel ) is located near the castle . As evidenced by a memorial plaque, Wipszell , today cells, with its own parish church on the north side of the Niedersonthofen lake also belonged to the castle .

  • Burgstall Linsen (before 1895), part of the castle hill in the west has gone down today

  • Linsenbach waterfall directly on the castle hill

  • Representation of a castle in the Gothic fresco of the associated, simultaneous church . It is not certain whether Linsen Castle is shown.

  • Board of the associated place Wipszell , today cells with church on the north side of the Niedersonthofener See

Web links

  • Coat of arms of the knight Heinrich von Linsen (two maces) at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek online from Baumann, Franz Ludwig / Rottenkolber, Josef: History of the Allgäu, from the earliest times to the beginning of the nineteenth century, Vol .: 2., The later Middle Ages, Kempten , [1883–1895]
  • Burgstall from Linsen in the 19th century from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek online; Baumann, Franz Ludwig / Rottenkolber, Josef: History of the Allgäu, from the oldest times to the beginning of the nineteenth century, Vol .: 2., The later Middle Ages, Kempten, [1883–1895]
  • Coat of arms of the von Laubenstein family at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek online from Baumann, Franz Ludwig / Rottenkolber, Josef: History of the Allgäu, from the earliest times to the beginning of the nineteenth century, vol .: 2., The later Middle Ages, Kempten, [1883–1895 ]

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Baumann, Franz Ludwig: History of the Allgäu and other works
  2. ↑ mentioned in the castle register Rauhlaubenberg
  3. ^ Clara Reichenbach, widow of Benz von Langenegg, widow of Johannes von Rotenstein
  4. ↑ Langenegg on the Iller
  5. ^ Annual report of the Historical Association of Schwaben and Neuburg 1854 - page 71
  6. ↑ Bayer. State Office for Monument Preservation, Monument No. D-7-80-143-22 In Linsen. Catholic chapel of St. Nikolaus and Magdalena, hall building with retracted end and roof turret with pointed helmet, 14th century, sacristy 17th century; with equipment.
  7. ↑ 1439 earns a voucher from the Ettlis Foundation for Linsen (Stadt- und Landkreis Kempten, Commission for Bavarian State History, 1966)