Alt-Geroldseck
Alt-Geroldseck | ||
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Alt-Geroldseck - highest point, behind it was once the Palas |
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Alternative name (s): | Rough box | |
Creation time : | before 1139 | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg in spur location | |
Conservation status: | small wall remains, neck ditch | |
Place: | Seelbach- Schönberg | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 20 '50.6 " N , 7 ° 58' 50" E | |
Height: | 604 m above sea level NN | |
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Alt-Geroldseck , also called Rauhkasten , is the remains of a spur castle 1750 meters north of the Hohengeroldseck ruins at 604 m above sea level. NN high Spornkuppe near Schönberg, a district of the municipality of Seelbach , in the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The castle was built in the 12th century by the Lords of Geroldseck and was first mentioned in a document in 1139. In 1277 the castle was given up in favor of Hohengeroldseck. From the small, only 400 square meter large castle complex, only a few remains of the shield wall and the palace as well as the neck ditch are preserved.
literature
- Franz Xaver Steinhart: The castle ruins on the Rauhkasten . In: Die Ortenau : Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden, Issue 21: Castles and Palaces in Central Baden , 1934, pp. 331–336 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Karl List: The Altgeroldseck Castle on the rough box . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Burgen und Schlösser in Mittelbaden , The Ortenau: Journal of the Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Volume 64, Verlag des Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1984, pp. 320–322 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Kurt Klein: Castles, palaces and ruins - witnesses of the past in the Ortenau district . Schwarzwald-Verlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 3-922663-47-8 , p. 111.
- Alexander Antonow: Castles of southwest Germany in the 13th and 14th centuries - with special consideration of the shield wall . Konkordia publishing house, Bühl / Baden 1977, ISBN 3-7826-0040-1 , pp. 109-110.
Web links
Commons : Alt-Geroldseck - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on Rauhkasten in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Alt-Geroldseck Castle, Rauhkasten at burgenarchiv.de
- Alt-Geroldseck at alemannische-seiten.de