Altrietheim Castle

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Altrietheim Castle
Burgrest and Wall

Burgrest and Wall

Creation time : around 1100
Castle type : Höhenburg, valley edge location
Conservation status: Castle stable, moat and a few remains of the wall have been preserved
Standing position : High nobility
Place: Rietheim-Weilheim
Geographical location 48 ° 1 '49 .8 "  N , 8 ° 48' 55.8"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 1 '49  .8 " N , 8 ° 48' 55.8"  E
Height: 830  m above sea level NN

The castle Altrietheim is an Outbound hilltop castle in the town of Rietheim-Weilheim in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg . It is 830  m above sea level. NN about 1.5 kilometers east of the hamlet belonging to the municipality Rußberg .

The castle, built around 1100 by the Lords of Rietheim on the edge of the valley, fell into disrepair in the 16th century. The remaining wall rubble and traces of terrain indicate a keep with a base area of ​​around 7 by 7 meters.

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Altrietheim and Schallon Castle . In: Ders .: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Volume 3 - Donautal: Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , pp. 321-324.
  • Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Studies on weir systems between the young Danube and western Lake Constance . In: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 5 . Stuttgart 1978, ISSN  0178-3262 , pp. 92 and 148.