Wagegg Castle

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Wagegg Castle
Wagegg Castle - rocks in the main castle, location of the former keep

Wagegg Castle - rocks in the main castle, location of the former keep

Creation time : around 1170
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Castle ruins
Place: Haldenwang - Wagegg
Geographical location 47 ° 45 '59 "  N , 10 ° 22' 49.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '59 "  N , 10 ° 22' 49.4"  E
Height: 814  m above sea level NN
Wagegg Castle (Bavaria)
Wagegg Castle

The ruins of Wagegg Castle , later a castle of the prince abbots of Kempten, are located above the Wagegg district of the same name in the municipality of Haldenwang in the Oberallgäu district in Bavaria .

Planned but not realized pleasure palace in the foreground
Coat of arms of the Lords of Wagegg

history

Wagegg Castle is first mentioned around the year 1170. Until 1374, the Wagegg reign was owned by the Lords of Wagegg, who were among the more important servants of the Prince's Monastery of Kempten . After that, the castle and rule fell to the prince monastery. After several changes of owners, including to the Lords of Schellenberg , through inheritance to the Lords of Eisenburg and in 1466 to Archduke Sigismund of Austria , Wagegg Castle came into the possession of Derer von Laubenberg in 1469. In 1525 it was taken by farmers. In 1580 the prince monastery bought back Wagegg. The castle deteriorated increasingly after 1581. From 1642 the complex was initially poorly repaired as a hunting lodge for the prince abbots and later, from 1715, it was expanded into a magnificent palace with gardens and ponds. In 1796 it was sacked by the French. In the course of secularization , the castle was pledged to the Bavarian Kingdom in 1806 . The castle was sold for demolition in 1807, the last side wing demolished in 1851. In 1906 the area was acquired by the Forestry Office. An associated building yard was demolished in 1908 and a nearby hunting lodge built in 1761 in 1967. In 1976 the ruins were secured in an emergency. A castle mill, the Vögelesmühle , also belonged to the castle .

description

Today there are hardly any remains of the hilltop castle and castle, a large hill with some wall remains and a large stone gate have been preserved. The visitor can hardly imagine that a splendid baroque castle, towered over by the ruins of a mighty medieval castle, stood here.

A paved path without railings leads to the castle ruins. From the viewing platform on top of the ruins, which is accessible via steps, you have a comprehensive view of the Allgäu Alps if the weather permits.

The castle also has a small cave on the east side of the hill.

Geotope

The rock face in the outcrop north of the Burgberg has been designated as a valuable geotope by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (Geotope number: 780A015).

  • View from the Wagegg castle ruins

  • Inscription on the gate of the castle ruins

  • Gate of the Wagegg castle ruins

  • Wagegg castle ruins

  • Entrance gate to the castle

  • Viewing platform on the rock

literature

  • Toni Nessler: Castles in the Allgäu, Volume 1: Castle ruins in the Altlandkreis Kempten and Altlandkreis Sonthofen . 1st edition. Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten 1985, ISBN 3-88006-102-5 , pp. 71-87.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Geotop Nagelfluh-Felswand am Burgstall NNE von Wagegg (accessed on October 9, 2017).

Web links

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