Lägelen ruin
| Lägelen ruin | |
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,_Donautal_03.JPG) Castle rocks with small remains of the core castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Wagon castle |
| Creation time : | around 1100 |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Construction: | Humpback cuboid, small cuboid |
| Place: | Beuron |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 4 '53.9 " N , 9 ° 2' 29.2" E |
| Height: | 775 m above sea level NN |
The Lägelen ruins , also known as Wagenburg , are the remains of a hilltop castle above Hausen im Tal , a district of the municipality of Beuron in the Baden-Württemberg district of Sigmaringen .
From the castle named after the knights of Lägelen it is reported that a cruel maiden is up to mischief in the caves under the castle rock. With her black poodle, she is supposed to keep a treasure to this day.
Geographical location
The castle was located 350 meters south-east of the church in Hausen im Tal on a rocky cliff that protruded directly towards the Danube valley . Today small remains of the wall still bear witness to the Spornburg at around 775 m above sea level. NN on the so-called “Castle Rock”, above today's “Wagenburg” campsite.
history
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The popularly known wagon castle was founded by the Knights von Lägelen. It is believed to have originated around 1100. A first written source can be found in 1243 with the mention of a Nordewinus de Lagelun. The likely move to Pfullendorf followed only a few decades later . In 1277 one of the Knights von Lägelen with Cunradus was mentioned for the last time as a citizen in Pfullendorf. Around 1380 the complex was only in the Burgstall and was owned as a fief by the von Hausen family . 1424 further mentioning as Burgstall. In 1516 the ruined Lägelen Castle was owned by Sixtus von Hausen. Chest-high walls are said to have stood from her around 1850.
description
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The core castle , which is not very large with a base area of around 26 × 20 meters, was secured by a neck ditch cut deep into the rock and two other shallow ditches in the approach of the foot of the spur opposite the Alb plateau. Possibly a small outer bailey on an area of 15 × 20 meters behind the second ditch completed the protection of the entrance to the main castle. Only here are the few remaining remains of the wall. Behind a rocky ridge, over which the ascent to the main castle takes place, the remains of a 3.30 meter thick and about 4 meter high shield wall stand above a small cave . On the valley side and in the north corner there are remains of a lining wall up to two meters high . On the south side there is a layer of large humpback blocks that indicate a massive structure (possibly a keep ).
literature
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 338–339.
- Günter Schmitt : Lägelen Castle . In: Ders .: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 3: Danube Valley. Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , pp. 161–164.
- Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , pp. 106-109.
- Franz Xaver Kraus (Ed.): The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden (Volume 1): The art monuments of the district of Constance . Academic publishing house Mohr, Freiburg im Breisgau 1887, p. 407.
- Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Studies on weir systems between the young Danube and western Lake Constance . In: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 5 . Stuttgart 1978, ISSN 0178-3262 , p. 54.
Web links
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. G. Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 3: Danube Valley , p. 164.