Baustetten Castle
| Baustetten Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1092 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location, local location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles, clericals | |
| Place: | Laupheim -Baustetten | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 12 '17.3 " N , 9 ° 53' 33" E | |
| Height: | 533 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Baustetten is an Outbound Spur castle in Baustetten , a district of Laupheim , in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg , Germany .
location
The castle is located at around 533 meters above sea level on a wide plateau next to the church of Baustetten. It is believed that an underground corridor led from the castle to the church in the past.
history
The castle was built by the Lords of Baustetten in the 11th century and mentioned in 1092. After 1250 the castle came from the Counts of Veringen by marriage to the Counts of Grüningen-Landau . The castle was destroyed around 1503. The former owner was the Weißenburg monastery in Bavaria . Nothing has been preserved from the former castle complex.
literature
- Otto Beck: Art and history in the Biberach district. A travel guide to cultural sites and sights in the middle of Upper Swabia (= Thorbecke-Taschen-Bildführer. Vol. 7). Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1983, ISBN 3-7995-3707-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursula Mereb: Studies on the history of ownership of the Counts and Lords of Grüningen-Landau from approx. 1250 to approx. 1500. Tübingen 1970.