Ruin Heidenmauer
| Ruin Heidenmauer | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Rosenstein | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Construction: | Burgstall, foundation walls | |
| Place: | Oberwil | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 39 '21 " N , 7 ° 26' 13.2" E | |
| Height: | 847.9 m above sea level M. | |
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The Heidenmauer ruin , also known as Rosenstein , is an abandoned medieval hilltop castle in the municipality of Oberwil in the canton of Bern .
Location and description
The castle stood at 847.9 m above sea level. M. on a small hill. Towards the south it drops steeply to the Simme . On the west side there are two more hills in front of which the castle was probably accessed. It can be assumed that farm buildings used to stand on them. The castle consisted of a massive keep and an attached kennel and was quite small. Bering and two remains of the neck ditch are still visible.
history
Not much is known about the history of the castle. It is believed that it was founded by followers of the Counts of Kyburg in the 13th century. The castle is documented but not tangible.
In the saga of the Rosenstein a knight Hugo von Rosenstein is mentioned, for whom his avarice became his undoing. The robbers of Gaffer Tschingen killed him and razed his castle to the ground. His treasure, which is guarded by the devil himself, is said to still lie in the forest today . It is unclear when this should have happened.
literature
- Thomas Bitterli-Waldvogel: Swiss Castle Guide , Reinhardt Verlag, Basel / Berlin 1995, ISBN 978-3-7245-0865-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heidenmauer ruins , on the burgseite.ch website, accessed on January 16, 2016
- ^ Entry on Heidenmauer in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ Werner Meyer: settlement development. Castle building and rulership development in the Upper Aare region , In: Peter Ettel, Anne-Marie Flambard Héricher, TE McNeil: Château-Gaillard: études de castellologie médiévale, # 20: Actes du Colloque International de Gwatt 2.-10. September 2000 , Publications du Crahm, Caen 2002, ISBN 2-902685-11-4 . P. 15
- ^ Anne-Marie Dubler : Oberwil in the Simmental. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ A legend of the Rosenstein (Heidenmauer) , on the burgenweg.ch website, accessed on January 16, 2016