Dunstelkingen Castle

Dunstelkingen Castle
Alternative name (s):	Dunstelkingen Castle
Creation time :	Mentioned in 1235
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Burgstall, remains of a moat
Standing position :	Local nobility
Place:	Dischingen - Dunstelkingen
Geographical location	48 ° 43 '1.2 "  N , 10 ° 24' 40.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '1.2 "  N , 10 ° 24' 40.3"  E

The Dunstelkingen Castle , also called Dunstelkingen Castle , is an abandoned castle on the eastern edge of the village of Dunstelkingen , a current part of the municipality of Dischingen in the Heidenheim district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The castle, mentioned in 1235 with Gelphradus von Dunstelkingen, was the ancestral seat of the Lords of Dunstelkingen. These were Dillingic , then Staufer and finally Oettingian ministerials . Your coat of arms is described as a shield divided across.

From 1581 to 1587, the castle became a Renaissance - castle with moat, ramparts expanded and four corner towers. After 1785 the castle fell into disrepair, was destroyed in 1796 and demolished in 1804. Remnants of trenches are still preserved from the former complex .

The other owners are the von Gromberg , around 1451 those of Westerstetten zu Katzenstein and in 1785 Thurn und Taxis .

literature

• Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 6 - Ostalb: Hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1995, ISBN 3-924489-74-2 .

Web links

• Entry on Dunstelkingen Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved September 14, 2019.
• Dunstelkingen near Leo-bw.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Otto von Alberti: Württembergisches Adels- und Wappenbuch , 3rd issue, 1890