Auernheim Castle

Auernheim Castle
Creation time :	First mentioned in 1258
Castle type :	Höhenburg, valley edge location
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Nattheim - Auernheim - "Höllbuck"
Geographical location	48 ° 43 '35.4 "  N , 10 ° 17' 41.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '35.4 "  N , 10 ° 17' 41.3"  E
Height:	625  m above sea level NN

The castle Auernheim is an Outbound hilltop castle on 625  m above sea level. NN on the edge of the district Auernheim of the community Nattheim in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The village of Auernheim can be traced back to the medieval castle complex and is first mentioned in a document in 1258 (Urenhaim) when Count Hartman confirmed the farm in Aurnheim sold by Conrad von Höchstatt to the Neresheim monastery . The certificate was issued on March 15, 1258 in Dillingen . From 1258 to 1384 there is evidence of a noble family at the castle. From Postal remains are still close to the southern edge of Auernheim.

In the 19th century, based on Roman finds on the site of the former castle, the assumption was made that the medieval castle was built on the remains of a Roman building.

literature

• Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 6 - Ostalb: Hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1995, ISBN 3-924489-74-2 , pp. 33-36.
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  Wikisource: Auernheim in the description of the Oberamt Neresheim from 1872  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wikipedia history of Auernheim
2. ↑ Auernheim at leo-bw.de