Upper Mannenberg ruins
| Upper Mannenberg ruins | |
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 Upper Mannenberg ruins |
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| Creation time : | 12th Century |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, small remains of the wall |
| Standing position : | Barons |
| Place: | Zweisimmen |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 34 '18 .2 " N , 7 ° 22' 55.2" E |
The ruin of Oberer Mannenberg is an abandoned medieval hilltop castle from the 12th century in the Swiss municipality of Zweisimmen in the canton of Bern .
history
Mannenberg Castle was the ancestral seat of an unknown baron family that died out in the 13th century. The castle is first mentioned in a document in 1304. From the 13th century, the entire property is in the hands of the Barons of Raron . Around 1300 the castle and the imperial fief came into the possession of the barons of Strättligen. In 1336 they sold the fiefdom and the castle to Count Peter III. of Gruyères . In 1349 the Bernese destroyed the castle.
It is controversial whether the lower castle was built after the destruction of the upper one or whether it is a supplement that already existed before 1349. A more detailed analysis of the Lower Castle reveals that the round tower built in the 13th century was built in a second construction phase on top of a previous polygonal building. Since the Upper Castle was also dominated by a polygonal main building, one can conclude that it was built at the same time. The two Mannenberg castles , together with Laubegg Castle , which was also razed by the Bernese , were sold by the Gruyères to the von Düdingen family from Freiburg. They sold these to the city of Freiburg in 1378 . In 1386, during the Sempach War , Bern seized the Obersimmental with the castles Mannenberg and Laubegg. A reconstruction after 1350 by the Counts of Gruyères, the von Düdingen or Freiburg families cannot be ruled out. It is certain that the castle was left to decay after the establishment of the Bernese Kastlanei in Blankenburg Castle. A few remains of the walls of the castle are still preserved today.
Siege of Laubegg and Mannenberg castles by the Bernese in 1349, depiction in the Spiez Chronicle by Diebold Schilling
Restored remains of the wall of the Unterer Mannenberg ruins, north view
Web links
- Anne-Marie Dubler : Mannenberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Zweisimmen Castle Path
- Castle world: Upper Mannenberg Castle
literature
- Erich Liechti: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Simmental. Wimmis 2006, DNB 983386587 .