Hohenringingen ruins

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Hohenringingen ruins
Hohenringingen Castle - View of the keep and the trench

Hohenringingen Castle - View of the keep and the trench

Creation time : First mentioned in 1180
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Keep, remains of the wall
Standing position : Nobles
Construction: Quarry stone, ashlar and bossed ashlar masonry
Place: Burladingen -Ringingen
Geographical location 48 ° 19 '17.4 "  N , 9 ° 6' 26.6"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '17.4 "  N , 9 ° 6' 26.6"  E
Height: 877.5  m above sea level NHN
Hohenringingen ruins (Baden-Württemberg)
Hohenringingen ruins

The Hohenringingen ruin is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 877.5  m above sea level. NHN high sewing mountain near Ringingen , a district of Burladingen in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The keep was probably built in the 11th century and was first mentioned in a document in 1180 under Knights Dietrich and Otte von Ringingen. In 1390 Heinrich "sat here", who in 1373 brought the nickname monkey lard with him from Italy, where he had served as a condottieri in the papal army . The Hohenjungingen ruin is also popularly named after it, but it was owned by the von Jungingen family. In the 15th century the castle fell into disrepair after being destroyed and in 1508 it was referred to as the "Burgstall". A local land consolidation began in 1972 with the restoration of the ruins. The remains of Ringelstein Castle (Würtemberg) are also preserved in Ringingen .

description

Of the former square castle complex, which had a keep, other buildings, an outer bailey , a ditch , a circular wall and ramparts, the fully restored 15 m high keep , which has been provided with a roof since August 2008 and is accessible as a lookout tower, as well as parts of the circular wall receive.

See also

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalb district . Published by the Zollernalbkreis district office, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0186-6 , pp. 146–149.
  • Günter Schmitt: Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 5 - West Alb: Hiking and discovering between Reutlingen and Spaichingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1993, ISBN 3-924489-65-3 , pp. 179-186.
  • Johann Adam Kraus: Ringingen Castle then and now . In: Association for history, culture and regional studies in Hohenzollern in connection with the Hohenz region. Teachers (ed.): Hohenzollerische Heimat, 11th year, No. 1 / January 1961 , (PDF; 7.5 MB), p. 6f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ↑ Burladingen - The Knights with the Lawnmower in the Black Forest Bote from June 3, 2016, accessed on May 6, 2018
  3. ^ Entry on Hohenringingen in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved December 4, 2018.