Heilsberg ruins

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Heilsberg ruins
Alternative name (s): Heilsperg
Creation time : 1250 to 1300
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Wall trains
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Gottmadingen
Geographical location 47 ° 44 '33.4 "  N , 8 ° 46' 27.8"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '33.4 "  N , 8 ° 46' 27.8"  E
Height: 545  m above sea level NHN
Heilsberg ruins (Baden-Württemberg)
Heilsberg ruins

The Heilsberg ruin , also known as Heilsperg , is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 545  m above sea level. NHN on the Heilsberg above the community of Gottmadingen in the Baden-Württemberg district of Konstanz .

The castle was built in the second half of the 13th century and mentioned in 1303. The Lords of Randegg were named as owners in 1310 and after destruction in 1499, the Lords of Schellenberg were named in 1518, combined with a reconstruction. After being destroyed in the Peasants 'War in 1525 , the castle was finally destroyed by Konrad Widerholt in the Thirty Years' War in 1635 and fell into disrepair. Dilapidated wall sections have been preserved from the former castle complex, which had a 7 by 12 meter residential building.

literature

  • Michael Losse, Hans Noll, Michael Greuter (Eds.): Castles, palaces, fortresses in Hegau - fortifications and aristocratic residences in the western Lake Constance area . In: Hegau-Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Hegau-Bibliothek, Volume 109 . Michael Greuter Verlag, Hilzingen 2006, ISBN 3-938566-05-1 , p. 86.

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