Castle Gügel
| Castle Gügel | |
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 Gügel in June 2007 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Altengiech |
| Creation time : | 12th century, first mentioned in 1274 |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall |
| Place: | Scheßlitz - Gügel |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 57 '7.5 " N , 11 ° 3' 40.9" E |
| Height: | 515 m above sea level NHN |
The castle Gügel even Altengiech called, is a Outbound hilltop castle on the 515 meter high "Gügel" instead of the Sanctuary Gügel , nowadays a district of Scheßlitz in the district of Bamberg in Bavaria . The name Altengiech refers to the neighboring Giechburg .
The castle was first mentioned in 1274 with a chapel in honor of St. Pankratius . The origins were in a previous castle, which came from the 12th century. The owners of the early castle complex were the lords of Truhendingen . The castle was destroyed around 1348-1421.
literature
- Karl Bosl (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 7: Bavaria (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 277). 3. Edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-520-27703-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ castle Gügel at burgen-und-schloesser.net
- ^ Entry on Gügel in the private database "Alle Burgen".
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