Simmenegg ruins

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Simmenegg ruins
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Alternative name (s): Simieta
Creation time : First mentioned in 1276
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Ruin, remains of the wall
Standing position : Barons
Place: Boltigen
Geographical location 46 ° 38 '17.5 "  N , 7 ° 24' 34.8"  O Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '17.5 "  N , 7 ° 24' 34.8"  E ; CH1903:  597 782  /  165217
Height: 860  m above sea level M.
Simmenegg ruins (Canton of Bern)
Simmenegg ruins

The Simmenegg ruins , also called Simieta , are the ruins of a medieval hilltop castle from the 13th century in the municipality of Boltigen in the canton of Bern .

Location and description

The castle ruins are 860  m above sea level. M. about 1.6 km from the town of Boltigen removed. It was built on a rocky hill to the left of the Simme . The castle consisted of a dungeon , which on the northeast side, a Palas was grown. These two parts of the building were surrounded on three sides by a circular wall. Access was via a drawbridge on the side facing away from the Simme .

history

Simmenegg Castle was first mentioned in 1276 under the name Simieta as a fiefdom of the emperor. At the beginning of the 14th century the barons of Weissenburg , at that time the most powerful lords in the Lower Simmental , are named as feudal bearers . Around 1300 Peter von Weißenburg brought in his son-in-law Thuringia von Brandis as a further feudal bearer. In 1337 Brandis made Thuringia a citizen of the city of Bern and with him his fiefdom, the Simmenegg. When the male line of the Barons von Weissenburg died out in 1368, the Barons von Brandis became the sole supporters of the castle. Rudolf von Aarburg inherited the castle in 1374 from his uncle, Thuringia the 2nd of Brandis . His inheritance was challenged by Mangold von Brandis. When he wanted to establish himself in the Simmenegg, the valley people of the Simmental rose up against him in 1378. The city of Bern intervened in the dispute and awarded the rule of Simmenegg to Rudolf von Aarburg. He then sold it to the city of Bern in 1391. The Simmenegg lordship was incorporated into the Obersimmental Castle and the castle was left to decay. Today only a few remains of the wall are left.

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