Neuravensburg Castle (Ruin)

Neuravensburg was first mentioned in 1271 as Nuwen Ravenspurg. There was an early medieval castle complex, Neuravensburg Castle, which was destroyed in 1525 and rebuilt in 1614/17. In 1836/40, parts of it were demolished again, and today it exists only as a ruin. At the foot of the castle, a town was founded in the 13th century, which was destroyed in 1272. From 1432 onwards, the settlement appeared only as a market town. The dominion over the castle and the town lay in the hands of the ministeriales of Ravensburg, who probably gave the castle and the town their name. Around 1270, the place fell to St. Gallen Abbey, which pledged it to various lordships, most recently to the city of Wangen in 1586. In 1608, St. Gallen Abbey reacquired Neuravensburg. From 1699 to 1772, the place was pledged to the Counts of Montfort-Tettnang. At the end of the 18th century, the area became desolate and came under the Prince of Dietrichstein in 1803 and to Württemberg in 1806. In 1810, it became a municipality in the Oberamt Wangen.