Ödenburg (Oberstetten)
| Ödenburg | ||
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| Creation time : | 1050 to 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location | |
| Conservation status: | Wall and moat remains | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Hohenstein- Oberstetten | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 19 '45.8 " N , 9 ° 20' 27.6" E | |
| Height: | 805 m above sea level NN | |
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The Ödenburg is the ruin of a summit castle at 805 m above sea level. NN high mountain peak in the Oberstetten district of the Hohenstein municipality in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The castle was built from 1050 to 1100 by the lords of Oberstetten and mentioned at the end of the 11th century, between 1200 and 1250 the castle was abandoned after being destroyed and fell into disrepair. From 1460 the castle was called Ödenburg because it was deserted, ie "desolate". In 1978 the facility was partially demolished and a water reservoir was created.
From the former castle complex, which had a moat , a rampart, a palace , a kennel wall and a surrounding wall, remains of the kennel wall and the moat are still preserved.
literature
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 156–158.
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 2 - Alb Middle-South: Hiking and discovering between Ulm and Sigmaringen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1989, ISBN 3-924489-45-9 , pp. 307-310.
- Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz, Wilfried Pfefferkorn, Erhard Schmidt: Hohenstein castle ruins . Hohenstein 1987.