Billingsbach Castle

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Billingsbach Castle
Creation time : probably 12th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Blaufelden -Billingsbach
Geographical location 49 ° 18 '14.1 "  N , 9 ° 53' 54.1"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '14.1 "  N , 9 ° 53' 54.1"  E
Height: 445  m above sea level NN
Billingsbach Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Billingsbach Castle

The castle Billing Bach is an Outbound hilltop castle in the district billing Bach at 445  m above sea level. NN in the area of ​​the property Burgweg 4 of the community Blaufelden in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg .

Built probably in the 12th century on the lower right-hand slope of the same name Bach's castle was the seat of the local nobility, later than ministerials those of Hohenlohe to the southwest located on about 900 meters Hertenstein Castle moved to the mouth of spur of the stream. In 1409 the castle, which was probably a small tower castle , was first mentioned as a castle stables .

Today the Burgstall is built over with a farm, still shows a well and parts of a ditch as well as underground wall remains.

literature

  • Alois Schneider: The castles in the Schwäbisch Hall district - an inventory . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1228-7 , pp. 27-28.