Altenburg (Reutlingen-Altenburg)
| Altenburg | |
|---|---|
| Creation time : | around 1000 |
| Castle type : | Location |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall |
| Standing position : | Nobles |
| Place: | Reutlingen-Altenburg |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 32 '51 " N , 9 ° 11' 2.8" E |
The Altenburg is an Outbound castle in the district of Altenburg of the city of Reutlingen in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle, which was owned by Count Werner von Achalm, was demolished in 1070. Nothing has survived from the former castle complex, which had walls that were 3.50 meters thick; the castle site now serves as a churchyard.
The fortifications rose on a high terrace, 32 m above the Neckar and secured the ferry crossing of the old Urach-Ermstal-Neckar valley. The castle had the shape of a "shifted" rectangle with a base area of approx. 120 by 100 m. The walls were made up of stones laid in a bed of mortar made of clay. Most of them turned out to be 2 m high and 3.3 m wide. In the eastern area they were reinforced with five protruding, solidly built towers measuring 4 by 4 m. Approximately in the middle of the facility, two directly adjacent buildings with 0.80 m thick foundation walls could be excavated. It is noteworthy that the Altenburg Chapel (later St. Nicholas Church) was located directly on the former north wall. The name "In the courtyard" at today's town hall is striking. Here, where there was also a mill until 1973, it is rightly assumed that the fortifications used to be the farm yard.
See also
literature
- Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The German royal palaces page 468-473, Volume 3, Part 4 by Thomas L. Zotz, Max Planck Institute for the History (Göttingen, Allemagne).