Kattenhorn Castle

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Kattenhorn Castle
Creation time : 14th Century
Conservation status: Main building preserved
Standing position : Patrician
Place: Öhningen
Geographical location 47 ° 39 '20.2 "  N , 8 ° 54' 40.7"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '20.2 "  N , 8 ° 54' 40.7"  E
Kattenhorn Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Kattenhorn Castle

Kattenhorn Castle is located in the hamlet of the same name, belonging to the municipality of Öhningen, on Lake Constance on the Höri peninsula . The permanent house of Burg Kattenhorn was first mentioned in 1391.

history

On October 16, 1166, Emperor Friedrich I (Barbarossa) of Augsburg confirmed possessions to the Öhningen monastery, including Cattenhorn . It is said to have been an imperial fief of the Hohenklingen.

The former moated castle was probably built around the middle of the 14th century. The first owner was Hermann Kremlich (Cremlich / Gremlich) from a knight family from Pfullendorf . He is mentioned for the last time in 1402. By inheritance of the last von Hohenklingen it comes to the Counts of Fürstenberg .

The castle went back to Fürstenberg via some residents, who sold it to the Schaffhausen Junker Johann Heinrich Im Thurn on March 12, 1867 .

He completely rebuilt the former moated castle and had the tower and moat removed. He planned to go into farming, but it didn't work out well. He had the garden rebuilt. After his death, his widow sold the castle to the artillery lieutenant a. D. Hammer from Colmar, this after renovations to the doctor full condition. After several more changes of ownership, it came back into private ownership.

Chapel of St. Blaise

Chapel of St. Blaise

The chapel used to be in the ring of the wall. Today it is an extension to the castle wall and is accessible from the outside. Legend has it that the figure of St. Blaise was thrown into the lake during the iconoclasm in Mammern in the 16th century and was driven into the Kattenhorn. In 1520, the chapel was built in honor of the saint by adding to the round corner tower in the castle wall. There is a coat of arms above the entrance gate. Blasius became the patron saint of the residents of Kattenhorn. Services take place regularly in the chapel.

literature

  • Annamarie Ruland: Kattenhorn. In: Herbert Berner (ed.): Village and monastery Öhningen. Mayor's Office Öhningen, Öhningen 1966, pp. 156–166.
  • Johann Heinrich im Thurn: Kattenhorn Castle and the surrounding area, below the world-famous quarries of Oeningen, on Lake Constance . Schaffhausen, Brodtmann'sche Buchhandlung, (1869).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emil Reisser : Castles and palaces on the Untersee . In: Badische Heimat 13 . 1926, p. 191–192 ( see Kattenhorn, Schloss [PDF; accessed on February 6, 2015]).
  2. ↑ Alexander Pohle: Chapel of St. Blasius. In: 99 x Lake Constance as you haven't seen it yet. Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 2014. ISBN 978-3-7654-8303-5 . Pp. 55-56.
  3. ↑ Blasius Chapel in Kattenhorn on the website of Untersee Tourism .