Schloßbühl Castle (Deggenhausertal)

Schloßbühl Castle
Neck ditch and rampart
Creation time :	11th to 13th centuries
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, trenches, wall
Place:	Deggenhausertal Homberg Castle
Geographical location	47 ° 47 '23.9 "  N , 9 ° 26' 46.2"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '23.9 "  N , 9 ° 26' 46.2"  E
Height:	606  m above sea level NN

The Schloßbühl is an abandoned spur castle southwest of the hamlet of Burg. The well-preserved Burgstall is located in the municipality of Deggenhausertal in the Lake Constance district in Baden-Württemberg .

description

The Burgstall Schloßbühl is 606  m above sea level. NN on a west-southwest facing spur and is protected to the north, west and south by steep slopes.

Matrix

The castle stable is secured against the adjoining north-eastern plateau by a slope and a ditch . A forest path runs in the deepest area of ​​the neck ditch, after which the area of ​​a bailey is protected by an approx. 22 meter high rampart (calculated from the height of the path). The rampart is reminiscent of the shield walls of younger castles and protects the main attack side of the complex. The crown of the rampart is still eight to nine meters wide today. Since the wall has been damaged by landslides at the northern end, its cross-section is exposed and shows that it is a pure earthwork. At the southern end is a gap that is used for forestry today; possibly the old entrance to the outer bailey was used here, perhaps expanded.

Outer bailey

The plateau of the outer bailey is about ten meters below the crown of the rampart. It is about 60 meters long and 50 meters wide (without the rampart). Structures cannot be recognized, the area is used for forestry. At the south-southwest end of the outer bailey, another eight meter deep section trench separates the bailey and the main bailey .

Section ditch and outer bailey (right)

Burgstall

From the trench section there is access to the plateau of the approximately triangular and approximately 90 meter long main castle at the end of the spur. The main castle also has no recognizable surface structures and is used for forestry purposes. Trenches on the flanks cannot be seen. Possibly existing ditches were flattened and now form the forest path that runs around the main castle.

history

Finds and documented mentions are not known. Since the Burgstall is very similar to the Kaplinz , Leonegg and Falkenhalden systems - both in terms of its state of preservation and its structure - a similar chronological order is obvious. Since the Burgstall was not examined in more detail, this information cannot currently be substantiated.

literature

• Michael Losse (Ed.): Castles, palaces, aristocratic residences and fortifications on Lake Constance and the Upper Rhine, Volume 1.2: Eastern part around Meersburg, Immenstaad, Friedrichshafen, Bermatingen, Markdorf and Deggenhausertal . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86568-812-5 , pp. 108-110.
• Alois Schneider: Castles and fortifications in the Lake Constance district . Ed .: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (=  Fund reports from Baden-Württemberg . Volume 14 ). 1st edition. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung , 1989, ISBN 3-510-49114-9 , ISSN  0071-9897 , p. 530-532 .

Web links

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

Schummerungskarte Source: LGL, www.lgl-bw.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Alois Schneider: Castles and fortifications in the Lake Constance district . Ed .: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (=  Fund reports from Baden-Württemberg . Volume 14 ). 1st edition. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-510-49114-9 , pp. 530-532 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} State Office for Geoinformation and Rural Development, DGM 1 ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.