Burg Oberstaad - Öhningen, BW, D - Castles on Waymarking.com

The castle is situated above the Untersee shore of Lake Constance near the municipality of Öhningen in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg.

The Niederungsburg (bank castle) was probably built around 1200 by the Lords of Hohenklingen; the Palas was probably built around 1230 to 1250. The castle was owned by Albrecht von Klingenberg until 1446. The castle burned down during the Swiss War in March 1499 and was rebuilt after 1499. In 1501, Konrad Egli zu Herdern acquired Oberstaad Castle from the previous owner, Peter Maßlin von Granegg, a citizen of Constance, who had purchased it with a bill of sale dated December 21, 1491. After ten years, the Öhningen Monastery acquired the complex, which they wanted to sell to Bilgeri von Landenberg zu Hohenlandenberg, but did not receive the purchase price from him, so that in 1516 Oberstaad Castle came to Junker Sebastian von Mandach for a small surcharge. The castle remained in Mandacher possession until 1608, when the widow Anna Benigna Reichlin von Meldegg, née von Mandach, left the castle to the Einsiedeln monastery. After another 15 years, the senior bailiff of the Teutonic Order Alsace-Burgundy of the Blumenfeld dominion, Johann Heinrich Ruch von Wynida, acquired the property from Abbot Augustin.

1608 to 1609 the living quarters were renovated. The castle had come into the possession of the Muri monastery in 1711 for 7,000 guilders from the chief bailiff of the Teutonic Order, Lord of Worblingen and Salenstein, Johann Franz von Liebenfels, but was then sold to Joseph Anton Rüpplin of Kefikon because of the low income. The castle came into the possession of Joseph Rudolf Valentin Meyer from his son Nicolaus Maxim Joseph at the beginning of 1773. In 1793 Baron Karl Alexander Ifflinger von Granegg (* 1735 in Friedingen) acquired Oberstaad Castle. The Ifflinger family already owned several residences on the Untersee, such as Glarisegg Castle, which he therefore sold, and Gottlieben Castle near Constance. His mother, a Freifrau Beck von und zu Willmendingen, probably also lived here. In 1821, Baron Felix Karl von Lenz acquired the castle from the Ifflingers. During this period (1827) a double murder occurred. After that (1830) the castle was owned by the Wehrle family. In 1863 the residential tower burned down. The tower should be demolished. From 1886 to 1969 the castle was owned by the Sallmann family, from 1969 it was owned by the Schiesser company and was further expanded from 1972 to 1973.

The castle complex shows a rectangular residential tower with a gabled roof and derives its name from "ober Staad", which means above the shore, the bank. Today there are holiday apartments in the castle.

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