Burgstall Vager

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Burgstall Vager
Remains of the round tower

Remains of the round tower

Alternative name (s): Vogtturm, Fager, Vagera
Creation time : around 1177
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Ministeriale
Place: Bad Reichenhall - Karlstein
Geographical location 47 ° 43 '2.6 "  N , 12 ° 51' 20.9"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '2.6 "  N , 12 ° 51' 20.9"  E
Height: 535  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Vager (Bavaria)
Burgstall Vager

The Burgstall Vager , also known as Vogtturm , Fager , Vagera , is an abandoned hilltop castle south of the Bad Reichenhall district of Kirchberg in the Berchtesgadener Land district in Bavaria .

Geographical location

The castle was previously believed to be on the "Haider-Burgstein" above Wirtshaus Moser northeast of Karlstein , but was south of Kirchberg at around 535  m above sea level. NHN halfway up the slope of the mayor's height.

There were other castles in the vicinity; Kirchberg Castle was about 800 meters to the east . Another castle stable is located 550 meters to the west, and the Amerang tower ruins and the Karlstein castle ruins 1100 meters in this direction .

history

The castle was built in the second half of the 12th century by the lords of Vageras. These were first mentioned in 1177, they were ministerials of the Counts of Peilstein . Between 1211 and 1218 it became the property of the Archdiocese of Salzburg . In the middle of the 13th century the castle is known as … en hous heizzet Vager. mentioned in Enikels Fürstenbuch. Vager Castle was probably destroyed by Duke Heinrich XIII in 1262 at the same time as the Amerang and Kirchberg castles . The area then came to the Dukes of Bavaria. In 1752 a “Fagerer Gütl” is called again.

The former castle complex had a twelve-sided keep with a diameter of about 8.5 meters, which was discovered in 2001 through archaeological investigations. The Burgstall is now a ground monument .

literature

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  • Johannes Lang : Reichenhaller Burgenweg - guide to the castles and palaces in the Reichenhaller area . Published by the Association for Local History Bad Reichenhall and Surroundings e. V., Bad Reichenhall 2004, pp. 12-13.
  • Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the district of Upper Bavaria, Munich 1995, pp. 464–465.
  • Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 58 .

Web links

Commons : Vager  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Vager Castle on "House of Bavarian History" (plans, history, building history, building stock)
  • Entry for Vager in the private database “All Castles”.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria , p. 465.
  2. ↑ Location taken from the Bavaria Atlas
  3. ↑ Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria , p. 464 f.