Old Castle (Erisried)

Burgstall Old Castle
Creation time :	Early to high medieval
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Plateau with crest and ditches
Place:	Stetten - Erisried -Waldflur "Altenburg"
Geographical location	48 ° 0 '10.2 "  N , 10 ° 24' 59.6"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '10.2 "  N , 10 ° 24' 59.6"  E
Height:	657  m above sea level NN

The Burgstall Alte Burg is located in the Erisried district of the Stetten municipality in the Unterallgäu district , Bavaria . It is located about 1.4 kilometers west of the village in the forest at an altitude of 657  m above sea level. NN . In the literature (B. Eberl) the Burgstall is described as a refuge , which owes its protective value almost exclusively to the terrain .

description

The Fliehburg can be reached through a saddle on the south side of the eastern half on an irregularly limited ridge running east-west . A spacious plateau is located on the eastern half of the ridge that has no other artificial fortifications. There is a 40 × 50 meter knoll at the west end. This is surrounded by a three to four meter wide trench . The former surrounding wall on the east side is only preserved at the lateral approaches. An unpaved land nose can be found at the far west end of the facility. The place is mentioned in 1167 and is likely to date from the early to high Middle Ages .

literature

• Heinrich Habel: Mindelheim district (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 31 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1971, p. 229 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments: Entry D-7-7928-0018