Bielenstein Castle
| Bielenstein Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Bilenstein, Bergschloss, Fliehburg | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Offenburg - Zell-Weierbach | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 27 '48.6 " N , 7 ° 59' 51.7" E | |
| Height: | 450 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Bielstein , even Bilenstein, Schloss, Fliehburg called, is an Outbound hilltop castle in the village of Zell-Weiersbach the city of Offenburg in Ortenaukreis in Baden-Wuerttemberg .
The castle, probably a refugee castle , is located in the Riedle on the Bürgstein (Bühlstein) at around 450 meters above sea level . It was owned by the von Bilenstein family and was destroyed from 1524 to 1525. Nothing has been preserved from the former castle complex.
literature
- Kurt Klein: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Ortenau district - witnesses of the past in the Ortenau district . Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 3-922663-47-8 , p. 86.
- Michael Friedmann, Nikolaus Harter: The Bilenstein Castle . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Mittelbaden , Volume 64. Verlag des Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1984, ISSN 0342-1503 , p. 251.