Gut-Krenkingen Castle

Gut-Krenkingen Castle
Alternative name (s):	Gutkrenkingen, Schnörringen
Creation time :	1100 to 1200
Castle type :	Hill castle, moth
Conservation status:	Burgstall, hill, moat
Standing position :	Nobles
Place:	Waldshut-Tiengen
Geographical location	47 ° 40 '39 " N , 8 ° 15' 13" E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '39 " N , 8 ° 15' 13" E
Height:	558 m above sea level NN

The Castle Well-Krenkingen even Gutkrenkingen and Schnörringen called, is a Outbound hilltop castle from the type of a motte (moth) on a 558 m above sea level. NN high plateau 800 meters northeast of the district of Dietlingen in the community of Weilheim near the town of Waldshut-Tiengen in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was built at the beginning of the 12th century, was destroyed after 1275 and fell into disrepair. Remains of a moat and the castle hill are still preserved from the former moth enclosure .

literature

Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .

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Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun