Alt-Bartenstein Castle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alt-Bartenstein Castle
Creation time : around 1100 to 1300
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Place: Schrozberg- Riedbach
Geographical location 49 ° 20 '49.2 "  N , 9 ° 54' 15"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '49.2 "  N , 9 ° 54' 15"  E
Height: 452  m above sea level NN

The Castle Alt-Bartenstein is an Outbound Spur castle on the mountain ridge at 452  m above sea level. NN between its eastern tributaries Kalkofenbach and Riedbach to Eselsbach , which flows past a little over 30 m below the facility . It is located just under a kilometer southwest of the center of the Riedbach district of the city of Schrozberg in the Schwäbisch Hall district in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was built in the 12th to 13th centuries and fell into disrepair in the 14th to 15th centuries. The small castle complex was surrounded on three sides by ramparts and ditches , remains of which can still be seen.

literature

  • Alois Schneider: The castles in the Schwäbisch Hall district - an inventory . ( Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 18). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1228-7 , pp. 204-206.