Jagdburg ruin
| Hunting castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Tower to Falter, Friedberg | |
| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Stocken-Höfen - Niederstocken | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 42 '51.8 " N , 7 ° 34' 48.5" E | |
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The Jagdburg ruin , also known as the Turm zum Stocken or Friedberg , is the ruin of a hilltop castle from the 12th century on an oval hill north above Niederstocken in the municipality of Stocken-Höfen in the canton of Bern . Only parts of the outer bailey and several floors of a rectangular tower remain from the complex .
history
The hunting castle was a knightly fiefdom of the Dukes of Austria to Heinrich von Wädenswil provost of the Amsoldingen monastery. The castle stood on the territory of the Canons' Monastery of Amsoldingen , which included the present-day villages of Amsoldingen , Höfen , Oberstock and Niederstocken . The castle was first mentioned around 1350. Heinrich left the castle to his son Berthold and gave him all basic rights, especially in the Stockental. Under Berthold there was a dispute with the monastery in Amsoldingen. The canons accused him of holding court on his own in front of his castle. This was not allowed because, according to the canons, the castle was subordinate to the court of the Amsoldingen monastery. The prosecution was unsuccessful and Berthold was able to secure the Stockental with manorial rule and court as rule Stocken. In 1363 his son Heinrich took over the fiefdom of the castle and probably also the rule of Stocken. It remained in the possession of the family until 1492, which from then on called itself von Amsoldingen . Thereafter, the rule of the city of Bern was placed under the administration of the rule Blumenstein. the fiefdom over the castle remained in existence and came to Jakob von Wattenwyl in 1554 . From 1642 it was abandoned and then fell into disrepair.
Web links
- Information and pictures about the ruin on burgseite.ch
- Courtyards, Stocken Castle, so-called hunting castle, A first look at a castle ruin, by Armand Baeryswyl, Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern