Alt-Neuenstein Castle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alt-Neuenstein Castle
Creation time : around 1123
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: departed
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Lautenbach

The Alt-Neuenstein Castle is a lost hilltop castle to the right of the Rench above the community of Lautenbach in the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was built by the Lords of Neuenstein in the 12th century, mentioned in 1123 and abandoned in the 14th century. Nothing has been preserved from the castle complex, which cannot be precisely located.

literature

  • Kurt Klein: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Ortenau district. Witnesses of the past in the Ortenau district . Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 3-922663-47-8 , pp. 63-64.