Erpfental Castle

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Erpfental Castle
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Ellwangen - Röhlingen -Erpfental
Geographical location 48 ° 57 '3.7 "  N , 10 ° 13' 57.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '3.7 "  N , 10 ° 13' 57.7"  E
Erpfental Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Erpfental Castle

The castle Erpfental is an Outbound medieval lowland castle southwest of the village Erpfental , a district of the district Röhlingen of Ellwangen near the street Röhlingen after Pfahlheim in Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

The 5.5 meter high artificially raised castle hill still shows traces of a ring wall in the east .

literature

  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (Ed.): Aalen - Lauchheim - Ellwangen. Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments 22, Mainz 1973

Individual evidence

  • Location according to the historical map:
    • Measuring table sheet 50 = [7020]: Zöbingen, 1935 Zöbingen. - 1: 25000. - Stuttgart, 1935. - 1 ct.
    • online excerpt: kartenforum.slub-dresden

Web links

  • Entry on Burg Erpfental in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved May 21, 2019.