Degernau Castle

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Degernau Castle
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Place: Ingoldingen- Degernau
Geographical location 48 ° 2 '10.6 "  N , 9 ° 46' 22.2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '10.6 "  N , 9 ° 46' 22.2"  E
Height: 565  m above sea level NN
Degernau Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Degernau Castle

The castle Degernau is an Outbound hilltop castle at 565  m above sea level. NN on a mountain corner of the Degernau district of the municipality of Ingoldingen in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg . From the former hilltop castle in place of today's Sankt Laurentius chapel from 1513, only small remains of ramparts and moats can be seen.

literature

  • Otto Beck: Art and history in the Biberach district. A travel guide to cultural sites and sights in the middle of Upper Swabia (= Thorbecke-Taschen-Bildführer. Vol. 7). Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1983, ISBN 3-7995-3707-4 .
  • Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district. Vol. 9, special issue 1, ISSN  1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, p. 40.