The ruin of the castle hop lies on a hill over the local part hop at the lake in the district in Bavarian swabia. From the high-medieval castle plant still some wall remainders kept.

History

The origins of the castle hop are unclear. Possibly it is to be equated with that one "„firm castle "“, into which Augsburger Gegenbischof Wigolt withdrew itself 1078 during the Investiturstreites.

1172 to 1191 sat a welfisches service man sex on the Veste, which designated themselves after the castle. Subsequently, the plant went to high pin to Augsburg and served until 1322 as seat of the prop. width unit.

By the new building of the high lock to feet the castle seems to have become dispensable and began to purge.

Beginning 18. Century the ruin was exploited as quarry for the change of the of monastery pc. Mang.

1999 began the city feet under the technical guidance of a Middle Ages archaeologist with the careful reorganization of the castle remainders. The preservation measures are continued in the next years.

Description

In the course of the measures of reorganization the meter-thick debris layers over the castle place were cleared and the opened brick-work was conserved. The wall remainders are kept still up to three meters high. For static reasons some wall outbreaks had to be supplemented.

The arrangement of the castle plant is today again clearly recognizable. That easily increases lying core castle with its tower-like main's building (apartment tower) and east a large forecourt was pre-aged to a chapel. In the northeast two section ditches and a fore-castle protected the Veste, which was secured by the steep wastes at the other sides.

The castle hop is as the earliest stone castle of the of special importance for the castle customer. The simple Ringmauer is not reinforced yet by buildings of towers or bastions.

Today the reorganized castle ruin is visited however mainly because of the prospect on the Ammergauer alps and the Tannheimer mountains. It was included however also into a transnational marketing concept, which would like to use the castle wealth of the region Ausserfern routistic.

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