Beringen Castle
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 Beringen Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Castle of the giants | |
| Creation time : | 1000 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Standing position : | Bailiff | |
| Place: | Ringing | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 41 '55 " N , 8 ° 34' 28" E | |
| Height: | 449 m above sea level M. | |
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The Castle Beringen stands in the center of Beringen in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen . As a result of several modifications, the castle is hardly recognizable as such today.
history
Around 1000, the Counts of Tengen , at the time the owners of the village of Beringen, built a 25 meter high tower with a moat for their bailiff . In the course of time the tower became the property of the bailiffs, the noble hunts of Beringen, and became their ancestral castle. The giants of Beringen probably left their ancestral castle in the course of the 12th century when it became clear that the political future belonged to the city of Schaffhausen . They became citizens of the city, belonged to the upper class and provided the mayor several times . The wealthy family died in 1413 with Johann I. Hün from Beringen and his two daughters married into the Im Thurn family .
In 1394 a Peter Löw lent the tower to a farmer, and the castle was no longer used as a feudal seat. Around 1450 it was dismantled after a fire and the palace was built. In 1624 the tithe barn was built, in 1800 a vaulted cellar with a well and a trot was built. The building complex almost fell into disrepair and was demolished in the 20th century, but in 1984 the private “Stiftung Schloss” bought the property. In 1989 the local museum was opened there.
literature
- Kurt Bänteli: The building history of Beringen Castle , in: Schaffhauser contributions to history, 65 (1988), pp. 31–49.
- Karl Schib : The Hünen von Beringen and their ancestral castle, in: Schaffhauser contributions to patriotic history, 17 (1940), p. 39-61.
