Ruin Ratzenried
| Ruin Ratzenried | ||
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 Ratzenried castle ruins, Alt-Ratzenried |
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| Alternative name (s): | Upper lock | |
| Creation time : | probably 12th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone masonry | |
| Place: | Argenbühl- Ratzenried | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 42 '46.8 " N , 9 ° 54' 3.2" E | |
| Height: | 722.3 m above sea level NN | |
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The ruin Ratzenried , formerly called Upper Castle , is a castle ruin at 722.3 m above sea level. NN high mountain spur southeast of the village of Ratzenried in the Ravensburg district in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The castle was probably built at the beginning of the 12th century, in 1145 the Lords of Ratzenried were first mentioned. The reason for its construction was possibly the same as for Praßberg Castle near Wangen im Allgäu , which began in 1123. It was supposed to secure the fiefs of the St. Gallen monastery in the region and collect the dues from the farms. The Lords of Ratzenried were also servants of the monastery.
At the end of the 13th century the Ratzenrieder died out, but the new lords of the castle also called themselves von Ratzenried, they lost the castle again around 1350 and moved to the Ostallgäu. From 1353 the lords of Molpertshausen sat in the castle, in 1369 Hans von Molpertshausen was officially enfeoffed by the abbot of St. Gallen. About ten years later, the castle had to be sold again, and from 1453, along with other owners, it belonged to the Humpis of Ravensburg. They also called themselves Humpis von Ratzenried from the 16th century. Jos Humpis von Ratzenried had the castle restored in 1502 for 11,000 guilders , as it had fallen to the ground. They owned the castle until 1647.
In 1632 the Razenried Castle was burned down by the Swedes during the Thirty Years War and was not rebuilt for reasons of cost. In 1806 the castle passed to the Kingdom of Bavaria , which ceded the rule of Ratzenried to Württemberg in 1810. From him the complex came to the Counts of Beroldingen in 1813, and in 1908 the Counts of Waldburg-Zeil inherited the castle.
description
The protruding mountain spur was made for a castle and may have been used as a jump in pre-Christian times . It is not known what the first medieval castle looked like, nor are details known about a renovation around 1220, which is said to have been initiated by a Staufer duke . It is likely that traces of the old the keep exist and that the Vorwerk walls with loopholes and the Palas go back to previous buildings.
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. 74-81.
- Berthold Büchele: Zeitzeichen. Reinforce and preserve - castles and castle ruins in the Ravensburg district . Published by Kreissparkasse Ravensburg, Ravensburg 2008, pp. 62–67.
- Dieter Buck: Castles and ruins in the Allgäu - 33 excursions in the footsteps of knights . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1602-9 , pp. 40-42.
- Toni Nessler: Castles in the Allgäu, Volume 2: Castle ruins in the West Allgäu and in the neighboring Vorarlberg, in the Württemberg Allgäu, in the northern Allgäu around Memmingen, in the northeast Allgäu around Kaufbeuren and Obergünzburg as well as in the eastern Allgäu and in the adjacent Tyrol . 1st edition. Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten 1985, ISBN 3-88006-115-7 , pp. 87-101.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the Heimatverein Ratzenried , accessed on October 19, 2013.
- ↑ Buck 2002, p. 44
- ↑ Buck 2002, p. 44ff