Isenringen Castle
| Isenringen Castle | ||
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 Isenringen Castle (drawing by JF Wagner) |
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| Alternative name (s): | Isenring Castle | |
| Creation time : | around 1250 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Castle site | |
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Beckenried , Switzerland
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| Geographical location | 46 ° 58 '8.6 " N , 8 ° 28' 16.5" O | |
| Height: | 435 m above sea level M. | |
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The Isenringen castle in Beckenried in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden is the site of a late medieval castle .
location
The castle is located on the southern edge of Lake Lucerne in Beckenried, today on the plain northwest of the Beckenried-Emmetten mountain railways at around 435 m above sea level. M. There are only remnants of walls also under the house Isenringen mentioned Nidwaldner town house preserved.
history
The castle was built in the middle of the 13th century by the lords of Isenringen . In 1262 a Heinrich von Isenringen was mentioned in a document. The remains were demolished around 1860.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Isenringen . In: Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 2, 1904, p. 637. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ^ House Isenringen . Website of the municipality of Beckenried , accessed on August 13, 2016.
- ↑ a b Entry on the Isenringen residential tower in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved October 13, 2016.