Top 20 Castles around Hagnau am Bodensee

A very impressive building.

Nice tour on Lake Constance

Mainau Castle Baroque jewel in the middle of the island The architectural centerpiece is Mainau Castle, the Teutonic Order castle. It was built between 1739 and 1746 according to the plans of Johann Caspar Bagnato and he also supervised the construction. Despite limited financial resources, an architecturally extremely balanced and symmetrical palace complex was created that exudes great harmony. The two side wings open in a horseshoe shape towards the mainland, while the wide side faces Lake Constance. The building consists of a base on which two floors rise. The coats of arms of the Grand Master Clemens August of Bavaria, the Land Commander Philipp von Froberg and the Mainau Commander Friedrich von Baden can be seen particularly magnificently on the west gable. The east gable facing the lake bears the coat of arms of the Teutonic Order. The upper floors can be reached via simple staircases in the side wings. The heart of the castle is the former audience hall, the so-called “White Hall” decorated in white and gold, which only received its current appearance in 1883. It is only open to the public during concerts or special events. The lower area of the castle is open to visitors. Exhibitions regularly take place here in the historic coat of arms hall. Text / Source: Mainau GmbH https://www.mainau.de/de/gehenswuerdigkeiten/schloss-mainau

The name Hersberg is probably derived from the Old High German root word hari/heri for mountain range.[1] The first unsecured written reference is a mention of the brothers Berctoldus and Heinricus von Herisberg in 1276. What is certain is that in 1466 the Hersberg was in the fief of the Überlingen citizen and later Fürstenberg vassal Konrad Rudolf von Härsberg. In 1621 the Benedictines of the Ochsenhausen monastery bought the Hersberg from Härsberg's descendants. After secularization, the monastic property passed to Prince Franz Georg Karl von Metternich in 1803, father of the Austrian State Minister Prince von Metternich. Hersberg was then bought by the House of Württemberg[2] in 1806 and by Prince Konstantin zu Salm-Reifferscheidt in 1838. In an exchange with Waggershausen near Friedrichshafen, the Württemberg exclave of Herrschberg - the name of the territory around Hersberg Castle - became Baden in 1846. Franz zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, the descendant of Constantine, sold the castle property on February 7, 1929 to the Pallottines (“Society of the Catholic Apostolate”), who ran the “St. Josef-Hersberg” maintained school operations.[3] In 1994 it was reopened as the Pallottine Spiritual House (Wikipedia).

Right next to the castle. The mill wheel is powered by water.

High above Lake Constance, on a mountain spur, is one of the region's landmarks: Meersburg Castle, also known as "Meersburg Old Castle". The oldest still inhabited castle in Germany.

The Deutschordenschloss was built from 739 to 1746 according to the designs of Johann Caspar Bagnato and under his supervision. Despite limited finances, an architecturally highly balanced, symmetrical palace complex of great harmony was created. The arms of the two side wings open towards the mainland in the shape of a horseshoe. In contrast, the wide side faces the lake. The building rests on a plinth over which two floors rise. Magnificent on the west gable: the coats of arms of the Grand Master Clemens August von Bayern, the Land Commander Philipp von Froberg and the Mainau Commander Friedrich von Baden. The east gable on the sea side bears the coat of arms of the Teutonic Order. In his design, Bagnato dispenses with a magnificent representative staircase based on the Würzburg model. The upper floors can be reached via simple staircases in the side wings. The heart of the castle is the former audience hall, the so-called "White Hall", which is kept in white and gold and only got its current appearance in 1883. It is only open to the public for concerts or special events. The Coat of Arms Hall, the central room in the basement of the original Corps de Logis, is also open to the public for changing exhibitions. In addition, the rooms of the castle café in the transition to the palm house. With their clear architectural language, the castle and church form a magnificent, harmonious ensemble - they are a unique example of southern German baroque. Source: https://www.mainau.de/de/ariatlementen-detail/ariat/barockschloss.html

Those who spend their holidays on Lake Constance should definitely visit the island of Mainau. The island is a feast for the eyes in terms of floral diversity. But the butterfly house and the monstrous sequoias are also a feast for the eyes and offer countless photo perspectives.