Tegerfelden ruins

Tegerfelden ruins
Creation time :	before the 13th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	expired
Place:	Ruckfeld, municipality of Tegerfelden
Geographical location	47 ° 33 '39.6 " N , 8 ° 16' 39.2" E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '39.6 " N , 8 ° 16' 39.2" E ; CH1903: six hundred and sixty-three thousand one hundred and thirty-seven / 268147

Tegerfelden castle ruins

The Tegerfelden ruins are the ruins of a former hilltop castle in Switzerland . It is located in the municipality of Tegerfelden in the canton of Aargau on a rocky outcrop of the Ruckfeld. Today the castle has fallen into disrepair and there are only a few remains.

history

Little is known about the origins of Tegerfelden Castle. It was built towards the end of the 11th century and was owned by the barons of Tegerfelden , a noble family that with the death of Walter III. von Tegerfelden (last mentioned in a document in 1254) became extinct in the male line. Ita, Walther's heir, and her husband Ulrich von Klingen took over the paternal inheritance as early as 1236. In the first phase of construction, only the manor house was made of stone, the other buildings made of wood. The castle was probably secured with a palisade and two moats on the mountain side of the castle.

At the end of the 12th century the castle was destroyed by fire but rebuilt. The tower, the curtain wall and another building were made of stone, plus there were two half- timbered houses with base walls. At the beginning of the 13th century, a timber frame house with a cellar was added as an extension. As early as 1269, Tegerfelden Castle was first referred to as a ruin in documents. It is mentioned that Walther von Klingen, with the consent of his wife and daughters, "sold his estate at Tegegerfelden, on which the castle stood years ago and is still surrounded by a bulwark" to Bishop Eberhard von Konstanz. The castle was probably destroyed in a fire around 1250 and then never rebuilt. A Konrad von Tegerfeld was a co-conspirator in the murder of Albrecht I by Johann Parricida .

exploration

The Tegerfelden ruins were archaeologically examined between 1948 and 1958. The remains of the tower, part of the curtain wall and the base of one of the houses were preserved, and the remaining parts of the castle were filled in again. Refurbishments followed in 1966, 1971, 1986 and 2008.

Web links

Commons : Ruine Tegerfelden - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Castle world: Castle Tegerfelden

Ruin Tegerfelden in conservation inventory of the canton of Aargau