Altwinnenden Castle

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Altwinnenden Castle
Keep of Altwinnenden Castle

Keep of Altwinnenden Castle

Alternative name (s): Burg Burg
Creation time : around 1181
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Keep
Standing position : Nobles
Construction: Humpback cuboid
Place: Winnenden -Bürg
Geographical location 48 ° 52 '51.6 "  N , 9 ° 26' 23.8"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '51.6 "  N , 9 ° 26' 23.8"  E
Height: 420  m above sea level NN
Altwinnenden Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Altwinnenden Castle

The castle Altwinnenden even castle Bürg mentioned, which is ruin a Spur castle above the road courtyards-Stöckenhof in the district Bürg the city of Winnenden in the Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg .

location

The dungeon of the castle Altwinnenden situated on a mountain ridge in the western foothills of the Swabian-Franconian In Cultural . Behind the tower is the Bürger district of Winnenden.

history

In the first half of the 12th century the castle was built by the Lords of Winnenden and in 1181 the keep was built by Gottfried von Winnenden on the hilltop.

In 1210 the castle was mentioned as "castrum Winidum", and in 1212 and 1225 it was expanded. The gentlemen von Neuffen are also named as other owners . The castle fell into disrepair in the 15th century and was demolished from 1536 to 1538 except for the keep.

Todays use

The still preserved tower is surrounded by a hotel on two sides and is part of its complex. It is therefore not open to the public. Visually, only the tower indicates the existence of a castle at the location. The older buildings of the hotel were expanded again and again with numerous additions.

description

Of the former fort-like castle complex , only the round 23 meter high keep with a diameter of 7.5 meters and a wall thickness of 2.8 meters with humpback ashlar masonry remains.

literature

  • Gerhard Fritz, Roland Schurig (ed.): The castles in the Rems-Murr-Kreis . 1st edition. Manfred Hennecke Verlag, Remshalden 1994, ISBN 3-927981-42-7 , pp. 125-128.
  • Georg Dehio , Dagmar Zimdars: Handbook of the German Art Monuments, Baden-Württemberg I: Administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Munich 1993.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elena Lenz: Castle Alt-Winnenden, Alt Winnenden, Bürg (ruin). Retrieved August 21, 2017 .