Blutsberg Castle

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Blutsberg Castle
Creation time : First mentioned in 1201
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Aichstetten - Altmannshofen - "Blutsberg"
Geographical location 47 ° 53 '42.7 "  N , 10 ° 3' 23.9"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '42.7 "  N , 10 ° 3' 23.9"  E
Height: 715  m above sea level NN
Blutsberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Blutsberg Castle

The Castle Blood Mountain is an Outbound hilltop castle on the 715  m above sea level. NN high Blutsberg near Altmannshofen , a district of the municipality of Aichstetten in the Ravensburg district ( Baden-Württemberg ).

The castle was not far from the Rochus Chapel on the Blutsberg . The builders of the castle are unknown, possibly it was the lords of Altmannshofen. They were first mentioned in 1201 and were marshals among others of the Staufer .

From the former castle complex in the spur there are still three moats and wall remains.

literature

  • Hans Ulrich Rudolf (eds.), Berthold Büchele, Ursula Rückgauer: Places of rule and power - castles and palaces in the Ravensburg district . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0508-6 , pp. 10-11.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Location of the castle on the map of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  2. Hans Ulrich Rudolf (ed.), Berthold Büchele, Ursula Rückgauer: Places of rule and power - castles and palaces in the district of Ravensburg , p. 11