Degenfeld Castle

Degenfeld Castle
Creation time :	around 1250
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Schwäbisch Gmünd - Degenfeld
Geographical location	48 ° 43 '42.8 " N , 9 ° 52' 20.6" E Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '42.8 " N , 9 ° 52' 20.6" E
Height:	643 m above sea level NN

The castle Degenfeld is an Outbound hilltop castle above the district Degenfeld of Schwabisch Gmund in Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Wuerttemberg .

location

The Burgstall is located on the eastern tip of a foothill of the Ochsenberg, only about half a kilometer west-northwest of and about 100 meters above the Degenfeld through which the upper Lauter flows at an altitude of 643 m above sea level. NN . In the north the side blade of the short Egentalbach flanks the spur, in the south another right tributary of the river has cleared another valley book; A short valley runs towards this from the northwest, which almost completely separates the front spur with the castle location from the rear Ochsenberg. The triangular plateau isolated in this way is about 3 hectares in size.

history

The castle was built around 1250 and was the ancestral seat of the Lords of Degenfeld , who named themselves after the place. In 1281 a Hermann von Degenfeld is mentioned for the first time, who was probably the progenitor of the Counts of Degenfeld. The Degenfeld took Hoheneybach Castle as their new headquarters in the 15th century . After Christoph von Degenfeld († 1604) also acquired property in Neuhaus and Ehrstädt Castle in the late 16th century , he sold Degenfeld Castle to the dukes of Württemberg in 1597. In 1811 the castle was demolished.

literature

Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 1 - Northeast Alb: Hiking and discovering between Aalen and Aichelberg . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1988, ISBN 3-924489-39-4 , pp. 187-191.

Web links

Entry on Degenfeld Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

[1] Degenfeld at schwaebisch-gmuend.de

[2] Degenfeld at leo-bw.de