Au Castle
| Au Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | before 1344 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, no remains preserved above ground | |
| Standing position : | Ministerial Headquarters | |
| Place: | Au | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 57 '15.1 " N , 7 ° 49' 32.8" E | |
| Height: | 330 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Au is an Outbound Spur castle on 330 m above sea level. NN at the "Lower Burghof" on a mountain spur of the Schönberg, west of Au in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was first mentioned in 1344 and was owned by the Au family. It was inhabited by her until the 15th century, after which the complex fell into disrepair. In 1862 there are reports of a ditch and wall remains. Nothing is left of the former castle.
In addition to Au Castle, there was a second castle in Au, Obhusen Castle.
literature
- Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume 6, Tübingen 1904, p. 283 ( digitized version of the Heidelberg University Library ).
- Alfons Zettler , Thomas Zotz (eds.): The castles in the medieval Breisgau, I. Northern part: half volume AK . In: archeology and history. Freiburg research on the first millennium in southwest Germany, issue 14 . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-7364-X , pp. 11-13.
Web links
- Entry to Au i. Breisgau in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Au (FR) - former castle site at breisgau-burgen.de
- Au Burg at alemannische-seiten.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ See EBIDAT.