Greifenstein Castle (Württemberg)
| Greifenstein Castle | ||
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 View from the inside of the former Obergreifenstein Castle towards the southwest. |
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| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castles | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Construction: | Small cuboid and cuboid masonry | |
| Place: | Lichtenstein- Unterhausen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 26 '20 " N , 9 ° 16' 43.7" E | |
| Height: | 755 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Greifenstein Castle is a castle group consisting of the castles upper and lower Greifenstein Greifenstein. You are on a rock at 755 m above sea level. NHN above the Holzelfinger Tal near the municipality of Lichtenstein in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg . Holzelfingen therefore also has a griffin in the coat of arms .
The hilltop castle was built by the knights of Greifenstein in the 12th century to protect the surrounding valleys, destroyed in the city war of Reutlingen in 1311 and was owned by Württemberg in 1355 . From the former castle Upper Greifenstein, whose keep right behind the moat was and around which apartment, storage and dungeon crowded that are still remnants Ringmauer received. About 150 m to the west of Untergreifenstein Castle, which is located on a narrow rock, small remains of walls and trenches can still be seen.
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Schmitt: Kaiserberge, noble seats. The castles, palaces, fortresses and ruins of the Swabian Alb. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 2014, ISBN 978-3-943391-47-3 , p. 83.
literature
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 115–122.
- Günter Schmitt : Alb Mitte-Nord: Hiking and discovering between Aichelberg and Reutlingen (= Swabian Alb Castle Guide . Volume 4 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0 , p. 301-310 .
- Christoph Bizer, Wilhelm Gradmann: Castles and palaces of the Swabian Alb . 3. Edition. DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 1994, ISBN 3-87181-284-6 , pp. 75-77.
Web links
- Entry on Greifenstein Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- Greifenstein castle ruins at the Swabian Alb tourism association
- Reconstruction drawing of Obergreifenstein Castle by Wolfgang Braun
- Reconstruction drawing of Untergreifenstein Castle by Wolfgang Braun