Hohenkrähen

The Hohenkrähen in summer 2004

The Hohenkrähen from South East (2006)

The Hohenkrähen to 1900bdep2

Postcard from 1897bdep3

The Hohenkrähen ( " Krayen ") is a volcanic mountain north of singing in Hegau, located in the district of Konstanz in Baden- Württemberg, Germany.

Location

The mountain lies between the villages Duchtlingen, Schlattmann among crows and Mühlhausen on the boundary Duchtlingen. Since 1983, the mountain has been designated a " nature reserve Hohenkrähen ".

Height

The summit of Hohenkrähen is located at an altitude of 644 m above sea level. NN and projects than about 200 meters high phonolite cone on which the castle ruins Hohenkrähen is, out of the area. The mountain offers a good view of the Hohentwiel, the Mägdeberg and the western Lake Constance region.

History

Colonization

Through individual finds can be used for the Hohenkrähen a settlement since the Neolithic evidence. Romans and Alemanni used the mountain as a place of worship.

Between 1180-1190 the construction of the castle Hohenkrähen is dated - it was built by the Lords of Friedingen that were referred from 1191 with " de Craien ". In the Thirty Years ' War the castle was burned down by the commander of the fortress of Hohentwiel Konrad Widerholt. Since that time, the castle Hohenkrähen is a ruin and is no longer used.

After many changes of ownership, the scouts Grey Rider leased the ruins in 1956 by Earl Douglas Baron von Reischach. The castle has since been used as Hohenkrähen " Jugendburg ".

Botanical

( Dentaria pentaphyllos ), Yellow Sage ( Salvia glutinosa) and mountain leek Grey cinquefoil, Bleicher Wallflower ( Erysimum crepidifolium ), Mountain Alyssum, Festknolliger corydalis, finger tooth root (Allium senescens ): An botanical rarities of Phonolithkegel houses, among others, the following plants. The mountain was completely and is still partially covered with linden wood.