Blankenhorn Castle (Bad Urach)
| Blankenhorn Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg in spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Neck ditch | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Construction: | Small ashlar masonry | |
| Place: | Bad Urach | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 27 '19 .7 " N , 9 ° 25' 18.7" E | |
| Height: | 650 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Blankenhorn is a Outbound Spur castle above the Ermstal to 650 m above sea level. NN opposite the Burg Baldeck castle and south of the Hohenwittlingen castle ruins near the town of Bad Urach in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
The spur castle was probably built in the 12th century by the Lords of Blankenhorn, whose membership of the local nobility is unclear. The state of Baden-Württemberg is named as the former owner.
From the former small castle with a shield wall , only the neck ditch and small remains of the masonry in a rubble mound are preserved.
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 4 • Alb Middle-North. Hiking and discovering between Aichelberg and Reutlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0 , pp. 243-246.
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for the Preservation of Monuments, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 86-88.
- Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , pp. 40-41.