Randegg Castle

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Randegg Castle

The Randegg Castle is a castle in Randegg , a district of Gottmadingen in Baden-Württemberg Konstanz district .

history

A first castle was probably built in the 12th century (or even earlier). It is even possible that there was a Roman fort at this point and that the castle was built on its foundation walls. The castle is mentioned for the first time in 1214 and was the family seat of the Lords of Randegg . Over time, the Lords of Randegg left their ancestral castle and settled in Schaffhausen . Well-known personalities of the family were Burkhard II. Von Randegg , Bishop of Konstanz, and the knight Johann von Randegg, killed in the battle of Sempach . The medieval castle was destroyed in the Swiss War in 1499.

A first castle was built by Gebhart von Schellenberg from 1567 . In 1638 the castle was occupied by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years War , who set it on fire when they withdrew on June 27, 1639. In 1728 the castle burned again. In 1737 the rule fell to the Augustinian Canons of Beuron , and in 1755 to the Barons of Deuring. After several sales, the then owner Adolf Sheldon had the property renovated after 1899 and the knight's hall painted. In 1923 it was finally approved by the doctor Dr. Hans Koch, whose descendants still own it today. From 1933 to 1936 the painter Otto Dix lived in the castle with his family.

investment

Harald Häuser The Birth of Language , retrospective 2007

Randegg Castle stands on a hill on the western edge of the village and is surrounded by a curtain wall. The almost square building formerly had a round tower at each of the four corners, three of which still exist. At the south-western foot of the knoll there is still a moat from the castle, which was destroyed in 1499. The complex also includes a chapel, which was built by Hans von Schellenberg in 1592 and for which Otto Dix designed glass paintings in 1963 . A stair tower rises on the eastern gable side. The gable mansard roof dates from the 18th century and was possibly built after the fire of 1728. The castle is privately owned and cannot be visited regularly, but the experimental art exhibition has been held here every two years since 1989 .

literature

  • Michael Losse, Hans Noll: castles, palaces, fortresses in Hegau. Defense buildings and aristocratic residences in the western Lake Constance area (= Hegau Library 109). Michael Greuter Verlag, Hilzingen 2006, ISBN 3-938566-05-1 , p. 116f.
  • Arthur Hauptmann: Castles then and now . Südkurier publishing house, Konstanz 1987, ISBN 3877990401 .

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Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 17.8 "  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 58.3"  E