Wolfertschwenden Castle Stables

Wolfertschwenden Castle Stables
Burgstall Wolfertschwenden - looking from the east
Alternative name (s):	Schlossberg
Creation time :	probably 10th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, castle hill
Place:	Wolfertschwenden
Geographical location	47 ° 53 '32.5 "  N , 10 ° 16' 29.1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '32.5 "  N , 10 ° 16' 29.1"  E
Height:	774  m above sea level NN

The Wolfertschwenden castle stable is located southeast of the village of Wolfertschwenden in the Swabian district of Unterallgäu .

Geographical location

The castle stables of the Höhenburg are located directly on a steep slope at 774  m above sea level. NN above Wolfertschwenden. To the east it was protected by a ditch around 25 meters long. There was a wall behind the moat. The castle area originally measured 7 by 25 meters.

history

The castle in Wolfertschwenden was owned by the nobles von Wolfertschwenden, who lived in the castle in the 11th or 12th century. Documents are known from the year 973 Giselfried von Wolfertschwenden, 1099 Hawin von Wolfertschwenden and 1128 Juta von Wolfertschwenden. From 1170 the castle was the seat of the Ottobeuren servants . The Burgstall is now a listed building. A memorial stone with the following inscription is attached to the castle stable:

Wolfertschwenden castle site, called Schloßberg of the highly free nobles of Wolfertschwendi of the Guelph family. 1099 Hawin, 1128 Jutta von W. - 1170 seat of ottenbeur servants

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  View from the northwest of the castle hill

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  Memorial stone on the castle stable

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  Steep slope of the Wolfertschwenden castle stable

literature

• Karl Schnieringer: Castle stables, palaces and fortifications in the Memmingen district . Self-published, Ottobeuren 1949, p. 33 .

Web links

Commons : Burgstall Wolfertschwenden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-8127-0015 ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.