Baldeck Castle
| Baldeck Castle | ||
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 The rock massif of Baldeck Castle |
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| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location | |
| Conservation status: | small remains of the wall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Bad Urach- Wittlingen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 27 '16.2 " N , 9 ° 25' 43" E | |
| Height: | 628 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Baldeck is an Outbound rock castle on a 628 m above sea level. NN high cliffs above the upper Ermstal 2000 meters southwest of the Wittlingen district of the city of Bad Urach in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
history
Baldeck Castle (from Middle High German baldw = bold) was built around 1250 by the noble lords of Baldeck, who were followers of the Counts of Urach . In 1256 the castle was documented by Counts Rudolf von Tübingen, Ulrich von Württemberg and Hartmann von Grüningen during a siege. The castle probably fell victim to the siege and was abandoned in the first half of the 16th century. Around 1700 the ruin, popularly known as the "Mörderschlössle", was probably demolished so that it could no longer be used as a hideout for robbers. Only a few remains of the walls and steps carved into the rock remain from the former castle complex.
The only visible remains of the wall of the Baldeck ruins
Steps carved into the rock
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 4 - Alb Mitte-Nord: Hiking and discovering between Aichelberg and Reutlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0 , pp. 237-242.
- Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .
Web links
- Baldeck Castle at bad-urach.de
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun