The ruins of Alttrauchburg is one of the best preserved castles of the Allgäu. It is above the small hamlet of Weitnauer community in the county in Swabia Upper Allgäu. From the high-to post-medieval castle wall remnants still remain greater.

The hilltop castle probably dates back to a previous system and the Earl of Veringen Nellenburg. These festivals will appear for the first time 1041 in the written sources.

Around 1150, a branch of the lords of Rettenberg invested with the rule and called himself "from Trauchburg". Beginning of the 13th Century moved Berthold Trauchburg of the castle to its present location, and built a permanent house or a residential tower. As early as 1258, the feud passed to the Steward of Waldburg, who could purchase the debt from the 1306 rule count. The tower-like core structure has now been expanded and built upon. In the south, the roomy forecastle was pushed forward with the strong square tower.

During the Peasants' War, the Trauchburg was sacked in 1525 and damaged. 1546 The troops occupied the castle of the Smalcald League. For these reasons we put in the 16 Century, a kennel at the inner castle, which was reinforced by artillery roundels. The fixing of the outer bailey is enhanced on this occasion.

1628 were able to acquire the Imperial Count Waldburger title in 1690 and settled on her castle after Kißlegg. From 1729, we used the empty Trauchburg as a quarry for the new palace in Kißlegg. Other parts have been discontinued for the 1784-1788 construction of the castle at New Trauchburg Isny.

1772 died in the line of the Jacobin Waldburger with Count Franz Karl Eusebius. The inheritance went to the line of the Counts of Waldburg-Zeil. Even today, the castle has been owned by this family.

Virtual Tour

The panoramas of Alttrauchburg are linked. You can do as a virtual tour of the ruins. Click on one of the hotspots in the panorama (the animated circle) to switch the view on this point.

The panoramas were taken as a spherical HDR panoramas in technology and each composed of 114 individual shots.

Gallery

The courtyard seen from the gallery.

Stairwell

The courtyard of the staircase.

Burghof

The courtyard of Alttrauchburg.

Dürnitz

At the courtyard joins the Knights' Hall. It was residence of merchants and itinerant mercenaries. Above there was the palace of the Knights' Hall, the rule space.

Castle wall

From the castle wall has a magnificent view of the valley, Wengen.

St. George's Chapel

On the plateau below the Alttrauchburg is the St. George's Chapel. It was built in 1980/1981 from the mountain gentian companionship.

Shoot Date: 12.10.2010

Reference

The panoramas can be opened by clicking on the thumbnail. To view the panorama is the free Adobe Flash Player plugin required.

The panoramas of this article are also for browsers with HTML5 3D CSS Transforms support expected and can therefore also on the Apple iPhone or iPad will be shown.

Location

The two Egyptian rock temples, the Pharaoh Ramses II was built on the western bank of the Nile between the first and second cataract, should demonstrate to the southern boundary of the Pharaohs, the eternal power and superiority over the Egyptian Nubia tributary.

Panoramas on the left is the Great Temple of Ramses II (1279 BC-1213 BC) to see. He is the kingdom of gods Amun-Re (south), Horus of Mehu, the deified Ramses and Ptah himself ordained. The mountainside is used as pylon (gates). The data on the dimensions of the temple facade vary between 30 and 35 meters. The four giant colossal statues represent Ramses II and is 22 meters high. The two northern bear the inscription: "Ramses, the beloved of Amun" and "Ramses, the beloved of Atum," the southern statues "Ramses, Sun of Rulers" and "Ramesses, Ruler of the two countries." The sun god Ra appears out front in the middle of the temple facade, provided with the solar disk attributes (Re), WSR-sign in the right and left in the figure of Maat. These symbols can be read as a throne name of Ramses II, "User-Maat-Re", which the king was the incarnation of Ra, the "Great Soul of Re-Harakhti" is.

The small statues from the colossal statues represent family members: his mother Tuya, Queen Nefertari and some common children.

The upper end of the temple facade is a frieze of baboons, monkeys, or the so-called sun sacred monkeys. This frieze was to draw attention to the 1813 Basel Jean Louis Burckhardt on the otherwise totally silted temple entrance. The frieze is the first part of the temple of the rising of the sun is enlightened.

The somewhat smaller temple on the right side is Nefertari, Great Royal Wife of the deified Ramses, Nefertari and the goddess Hathor at Ibschek. This temple is hammered into the rock. The figures carved from the rock show twice each Nefertari, Ramses and Hathor, all of about ten meters high and are in the same size. This presents a special award for Nefertari, as the wives of kings were often shown small (as in the Great Temple of Abu Simbel).

The temple leads 21 meters deep into the solid rock. Behind the entrance is a six-pillared hall, cross hall with two adjoining rooms and the sanctuary. Nefertari is addressed here as an incarnation of the goddess Hathor, which is comparable with the representations of Hatshepsut in her temple at Deir el-Bahari. The reliefs show coronation scenes and the protection of the queen by goddess of love and fertility.

The pictures were taken already in June 2005. They consist of six photos taken without a tripod. The total resolution of the panorama is approximately 15 megapixels.

Location