Hohentann ruins
| Hohentann ruins | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Alttann, fir | |
| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Place: | Wolfegg -Alttann | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 50 '10.7 " N , 9 ° 47' 19.7" E | |
| Height: | 630 m above sea level NHN | |
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The ruins Hohentann even Alttann and fir called, is a Outbound hilltop castle on 630 m above sea level. NHN in place of the church in the Alttann district of the Wolfegg community in the Ravensburg district in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was mentioned in the second half of the 12th century and was the ancestral castle of the Welfisch-Hohenstaufen ministerials from Tann, who later called themselves Truchsessen von Waldburg and Schenken von Winterstetten. In 1243 the castle came to the Schmalegg taverns , whose servants named themselves after her. The castle was destroyed at the end of the 13th century.
literature
- Hans Ulrich Rudolf (eds.), Berthold Büchele, Ursula Rückgauer: Places of rule and power - castles and palaces in the Ravensburg district . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0508-6 , pp. 442-443.
- Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alttann at leo-bw.de
- ^ Entry on Hohentann in the private database "Alle Burgen".