914 and 915 |
The "castellum Twiel" is built and besieged by King Konrad I Around. |
970 |
Duke Burkhard III and Duchess Hadwig found the mountain monastery at Hohentwiel. |
994 and 1000 |
Emperor Otto III stays at Hohentwiel. |
From 1122 |
Hohentwiel is in the possession of the Lords of Singen-Twiel. |
1300 |
The Lords of Klingenberg purchase the castle. |
1464 |
Hohentwiel is besieged in the course of the "Werdenberger Fehde" (Feud). |
1519 |
Duke Ulrich von Württemberg finds refuge at Hohentwiel. |
1521/1538 |
Hohentwiel becomes part of Württemberg. |
1635-1644 |
Hohentwiel is besieged five times during the Thirty Years' War. |
1643-1645 |
Konrad Widerholt has a church built at the fortress. |
1735 |
The fortress is expanded for the last time. |
1759-1764 |
Johann Jakob Moser, a specialist in constitutional law, is placed under arrest at the State fortress Hohentwiel. |
1800/1801 |
The fortress must be surrendered to the French, who destroy it. |
1855 |
Joseph Viktor von Scheffel publishes his novel "Ekkehard". |
1969 |
The exclave Hohentwiel is integrated in the boundaries of the city of Singen. |
1994 |
An information center with a permanent exhibition opens in the old coach house of the demesne (farm). |