Biberach Castle

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Biberach Castle
Creation time : around 1083
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Biberach an der Riss
Geographical location 48 ° 5 '54.2 "  N , 9 ° 47' 7.1"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 5 '54.2 "  N , 9 ° 47' 7.1"  E
Height: 533  m above sea level NN

The castle Biberach is an Outbound castle at about 533 m above sea level at Gigelturm on the western edge of the old town of Biberach in Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg .

Biberach Castle was mentioned around 1083 and destroyed around the 13th century. Former owners are said to have been the lords of Bibra and Staufer . Nothing has been preserved from the former castle complex, which is now covered by the city wall and the Gigelturm.

literature

  • Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district. Vol. 9, special issue 1, ISSN  1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, pp. 5-67.