Tannegg ruins

Tannegg
Creation time :	1233–1248 (?)
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	ruin
Place:	Dussnang
Geographical location	47 ° 25 '49.4 " N , 8 ° 57' 1.9" E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '49.4 " N , 8 ° 57' 1.9" E ; CH1903: 714.06 thousand / 254387
Height:	725 m above sea level M.

The Tannegg ruin is the ruin of a spur castle west of the village of Dussnang in the Thurgau municipality of Fischingen in eastern Switzerland .

history

Tannegg Castle from the southeast, before 1837

The castle Tannegg was pretty sure from Constance Bishop Heinrich von Tanne , who was in office from 1233 to 1248 for the management of the Bishop of Constance belonging domination Tannegg built. The large area of the outer bailey suggests that the castle also had a small town complex.

A chronicle reports that in 1407 during the Appenzell Wars, the Appenzell people destroyed the castle and town of Tannegg on their “Burgenbruch-Runde”.

Although the castle and town were intended to be the center of power for the Bishop of Constance in Hinterthurgau, in 1693 the castle, which was a long way from the rest of the bishopric's territory, was sold to the Fischingen monastery together with the Tannegg office .

The main tower of the fortress still stood upright until 1837. This was removed and the stones were used to build bridges.

description

The southern wall of large boulders is exposed and the stump of the main tower is clearly visible. The outside of the tower wall consists of large boulders, while the inside is made up of hewn tuff blocks . The Tannegg tower was rectangular and was about 15.2 × 11.6 m on the outside and 8 × 5.2 m on the inside. With its imposing masses, it is reminiscent of towers that have been preserved in the Frauenfeld , Arbon , Elgg and Hegi castles near Winterthur.

literature

The Tannegg. A medieval castle complex. On the website of the Office for Archeology of the Canton of Thurgau (PDF; 0.5 MB)

Web links

Commons : Burg Tannegg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Bernhard Anderes, Josef Hagmann: Municipality Mosnang. Cultural history and art Mosnang-Mühlrüti-Libingen . Kalberer, Bazenheid 1996, ISBN 3-9520633-2-0 , pp. 16 .

[1] Bernhard Anderes, Josef Hagmann: Municipality Mosnang. Cultural history and art Mosnang-Mühlrüti-Libingen . Kalberer, Bazenheid 1996, ISBN 3-9520633-2-0 , pp. 16 .