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Jörgenberg Castle
Jörgenberg Castle is a castle in the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Waltensburg/Vuorz of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, heritage site of national significance. History Jörgenberg Castle was built in the 8th century as a fortified church, on lands donated by the List of Frankish kings, Frankish kings. In the 765 Will and testament, testament of Bishop of Chur, Bishop Tello it was referred to as a ''castellum'' on Jörgenberg hill. At the beginning of the 9th century it was called ''ecclesia sancti Georgii in Castello'' or St. George's Church in a Castle. The current castle and church were probably built on the site of an earlier walled church. The timbers in the bell tower have been Dendrochronology, dated to 1070. Over the following centuries the church became a medieval feudal castle and in 1265 the main tower was completed. In the 14th century the castle ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Castle
A hill castle or mountain castle is a castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain. It is a term derived from the German ''Höhenburg'' used in categorising castle sites by their topographical location. Hill castles are thus distinguished from lowland castles (''Niederungsburgen''). Hill castles may be further subdivided depending on their situation into the following: * Hilltop castle (''Gipfelburg''), that stands on the summit of a hill with steep drops on all sides. A special type is the rock castle or ''Felsenburg''. * Ridge castle (''Kammburg''), that is built on the crest of a ridge. * Hillside castle (''Hangburg''), that is built on the side of a hill and thus is dominated by rising ground on one side. * Spur castle (''Spornburg''), that is built on a hill spur surrounded by steep terrain on three sides and thus only needs to be defended on the one remaining side. When in the 10th and 11th centuries castles lost their pure fortress charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |