Upper Wartenberg Castle (Geisingen)

Upper Wartenberg Castle
Alternative name (s):	Alt-Wartenberg, Upper Castle
Creation time :	around 1338
Castle type :	Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, remains of the wall
Place:	Geisingen
Geographical location	47 ° 55 '32.7 "  N , 8 ° 36' 50.7"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '32.7 "  N , 8 ° 36' 50.7"  E
Height:	810  m above sea level NHN

The Upper Castle Wartenberg , including Alt-Wartenberg and Upper Castle called, is an Outbound hillside castle on 810  m above sea level. NHN on the slope a little to the west and below the summit of the Wartenberg in the municipality of the city of Geisingen in the Tuttlingen district ( Baden-Württemberg ).

The castle was built by the Lords of Wartenberg around 1138 and mentioned in 1299. The Lords of Fürstenberg are named as other owners . In 1459 the castle complex was rebuilt and expanded. The castle was destroyed in the Peasants' War and demolished in 1780. Remains of the residential tower are still preserved from the former castle complex . The keep had a base area of ​​13.4 by 21.8 meters.

literature

• Michael Losse, Hans Noll: Castles, palaces and fortresses in Hegau. Defense structures and aristocratic residences in the western Lake Constance area . Michael Greuter, Hilzingen 2006, ISBN 3-938566-05-1 , pp. 142-143.
• Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X .

Web links

• Entry Wartenberg (living space) on “Discover regional studies online” - leobw

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry on Wartenberg (Upper Castle) in the private database "Alle Burgen".