Big rock castle

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Big rock castle
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Wall and moat remains
Place: Orsingen-Nenzingen
Geographical location 47 ° 50 '51.4 "  N , 8 ° 54' 35.9"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '51.4 "  N , 8 ° 54' 35.9"  E
Great Rock Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Big rock castle

The Großer Felsen castle is the ruin of a spur castle on a rock spur 650 meters northeast of Langenstein Castle near Orsingen-Nenzingen in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg .

Remains of the ramparts with a length of 57 meters, a width of 10 meters and a height of 1.5 meters as well as a moat have been preserved from the former castle complex .

literature

  • Hansjürgen Brachmann : The early medieval fortifications in Central Europe. Investigations into its development and function in the Germanic-German area. In: Writings on prehistory and early history. 45 . Academy publishing house. Berlin 1993. ISBN 3-05-001995-6