Besserstein ruins

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Besserstein ruins
Villigen Besserstein.JPG
Creation time : 13th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: expired
Place: Besserstein, municipality of Villigen
Geographical location 47 ° 31 '27.4 "  N , 8 ° 12' 42"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '27.4 "  N , 8 ° 12' 42"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and fifty-eight thousand two hundred and twenty  /  264014
Height: 550  m above sea level M.
Besserstein ruins (canton Aargau)
Besserstein ruins

The Besserstein ruin is the ruin of a former spur castle in Switzerland . It is located in the municipality of Villigen in the canton of Aargau at an altitude of 550  m above sea level. M. on the Geissberg . Today it is in ruins and there are few remains.

history

Nothing is known about the origins of the castle. It was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1244 as a fiefdom of the Murbach monastery . It belonged to Hof Rein, which was owned by the monastery. On February 13, 1259, Count Rudolf von Habsburg and his cousin Gottfried von Habsburg-Laufenburg met here . In April 1259 they renounced the Bailiwick of St. Amarintal in the Vosges in favor of the Murbach Monastery . In 1291 the Rein Hof was sold to the Habsburgs and so the castle came into their possession. As early as 1305, the castle was called Burgstall, so it was already abandoned.

The grounds of the castle

The castle is located on the eastern edge of a rocky spur of the Geissberg. The castle was protected from the west by a 200 meter long and today still around 4 meter high wall with a ditch in front . The area is about 45 by 25 meters. Today you can only see the base of the tower.

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