Drachenstein Castle

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Drachenstein Castle
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Alternative name (s): Drackenstein
Creation time : First construction period during the Early Middle Ages, then repopulated in the High Middle Ages
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Place: Tettnang - Laimnau - "Drackenstein"
Geographical location 47 ° 38 '29.8 "  N , 9 ° 37' 54.1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 38 '29.8 "  N , 9 ° 37' 54.1"  E
Height: 520  m above sea level NN
Drachenstein Castle (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Drachenstein Castle

The Drachenstein Castle , also called Drackenstein , is the ruin of a spur castle at 520  m above sea level. NN high Drackenstein 500 meters north of the church in the Laimnau district of the city of Tettnang in the Lake Constance district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

Erratic block Drackenstein

In the first period, the castle was probably a complex from the early Middle Ages , which was later rebuilt during the High Middle Ages , including a moat dividing the complex. In 1480 the Wallburg was mentioned as "Trackenstein das Burgstall" . Remnants of ramparts and moats are still preserved from the former castle, a weir system on an area of ​​around 130 by 70 meters .

Inside the ramparts is a striking erratic block of gneiss known in the region as the Drackenstein .

literature

  • Sophie Stelzle-Hüglin, Michael Strobel, Andreas Thiel, Inken Vogt (arrangement): Archaeological monuments in Baden-Württemberg . Published by the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office and the Baden-Württemberg State Surveying Office, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-89021-717-6 , p. 298.
  • Alois Schneider: Castles and fortifications in the Lake Constance district . Ed .: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (=  Fund reports from Baden-Württemberg . Volume 14 ). 1st edition. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-510-49114-9 , pp. 632-635 .

Web links

Commons : Drackenstein (Tettnang)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sophie Stelzle-Hüglin, Michael Strobel, Andreas Thiel, Inken Vogt (arrangement): Archaeological monuments in Baden-Württemberg. P. 298.