Ruin buses
| Ruin buses | ||
|---|---|---|
 Keep of the former main castle |
||
| Alternative name (s): | Bussenburg | |
| Creation time : | 1000 to 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location | |
| Conservation status: | Keep, remains of the wall | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Place: | Uttenweiler- Offingen / Bussen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 9 '44 " N , 9 ° 33' 23" E | |
| Height: | 767 m above sea level NN | |
|
||
The ruin Bussen , also called Bussenburg , is the ruin of a summit castle at 767 m above sea level. NN high summit of the mountain Bussen near Offingen / Bussen, districts of the municipality Uttenweiler in the Upper Swabian district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg .
history
Alemanni built the castle at the end of the 11th century . In the middle of the 13th century it was a Hohenstaufen imperial castle . In the 14th century, the castle came into the possession of the Waldburg Truchess as a Habsburg fief . In December 1633, Swedish troops under King Gustav Adolf destroyed the castle during the Thirty Years War . In 1785 the ruined castle ruins went to Prince Anselm von Thurn und Taxis . The prince had the ruins secured at his own expense.
investment
The two-part castle complex consisted of a bailey in the middle of the mountain and a main castle in the east, of which the rectangular keep is still preserved. Apart from this restored keep, which now serves as a lookout tower, only the remains of secured walls have survived. To the west of the outer bailey is the pilgrimage church St. Johann Baptist auf dem Bussen , built in 1516 .
tower
In 1997, the Biberach district acquired the ruins and restored the keep. On the tower of the castle is a plaque with the following inscription by the dialect poet Michel Buck :
“From the battlements of this tower, I would like to show you, dear friend, this my home, the Oberland, because from this point the view is incomparable. The whole of Upper Swabia lies at your feet, up to Lake Constance and far beyond it. As far as Ulm and the southern eaves of the Eastern Alb, then to the east far into the endless horizon of the Swabian-Bavarian plateau. How often have I gazed drunkenly at these vast lands from here. See the plain strewn with green meadows, golden seeds, dark fir forests and brightly flashing villages. And there on the southern horizon the mighty, partly snow-covered chain of the Alps, from Pilatus to Benediktenwand. Yes, you are not wrongly astonished at the magic that is poured over the limits of our field of vision, at the astonishing number of villages that cover the vast foreland. If you turn around, the nearby Alb will spoil the view, but you can still see beautiful scenery here: up there, above the emerald forest mountains of the Teutschbuch, the wreath of pearls of friendly waving villages. ” Michel Buck 1832–1888
Below it says: The Biberach district acquired and restored the ruins of the Bussenburg ANNO DOMINI in 1997.
literature
- Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .
- Stefan Uhl: The castle on the bus and its history , Federsee-Verlag 1998