Siggen Castle
| Siggen Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Siggen Castle | |
| Creation time : | Mentioned in 1128 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Argenbühl - Siggen | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 42 '37.9 " N , 9 ° 56' 43.4" E | |
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The Siggen Castle , also formerly called Siggen Castle , is an abandoned hilltop castle instead of a current residential building on a hill above the Siggener Weiher south of the Church of St. Sebastian in Siggen , a current district of the municipality of Argenbühl in the Ravensburg district in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was attached to an originally medieval tower castle , which, according to a folk legend, was built from the stones of the broken castle Albris . The residential building of the square three-storey palace building had a side length of 20 meters. Two stair towers were attached to the north corners .
history
The castle was built in the 12th century by the Lords of Siggen and mentioned in 1128 with an "Odalricus de Siggen" in an Ochsenhausen document. In 1353 a family named Klusser, around 1371 Lutz der Sürger, and in 1392 Konrad von Prassberg and Heinrich von Schellenberg. From 1413 to 1416 the castle was owned by Heimenhofen zu Hohentann and in 1416 it was bought by the Tölzer von Schellenberg zu Kißlegg family. In 1833, Humpis von Ravensberg bought the castle for 3000 pounds sterling and it was bought by the Counts of Abensperg and Traun in 1767 . In 1804 the castle was owned by the Prince von Windisch-Graetz .
In 1816 the castle was completely ruined, collapsed on September 23, 1830 and was demolished from 1836 to 1838. In the 20th century a house was built on the castle hill, which today is owned by the current head of the family, Ludwig Aladar's son Anton Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz, along with the land and forest property there.
Web links
- Entry on Siggen Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved October 18, 2019.
- District siggen near Leo-bw.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Siggen Castle at illerschorsch.de