Hölnstein Castle

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Hölnstein Castle
Ruin Stetten.JPG
Alternative name (s): Holstein ruins; Höllstein Castle
Creation time : around 1275
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Ring and building wall remains
Standing position : Noble Free
Construction: Cuboid, small cuboid and quarry stone masonry
Place: Burladingen - Stetten under Holstein - "Burghalde"
Geographical location 48 ° 19 '52.3 "  N , 9 ° 11' 11.8"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '52.3 "  N , 9 ° 11' 11.8"  E
Height: 817.8  m above sea level NHN
Hölnstein Castle (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Hölnstein Castle

The Hölnstein Castle , also called Holstein , is the ruin of a spur castle at 817.8  m above sea level. NHN high rocks eastward above Stetten unter Holstein , a district of Burladingen in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The castle was probably built by the Lords of Hölnstein around 1275, and parts of it were sold again and again from 1388, so it was acquired - at least partially - in 1404 by Heinrich von Killer zu Ringingen , in 1431 the castle was owned by Renhard Nerer, son-in-law of Konrad von Hölnstein , inhabited. In 1474 the entire castle was sold to Count Jobst Nikolaus I von Zollern . In 1585, Count Eitel Friedrich von Zollern had "the tower on the Burgstall near Stetten" demolished. In 1985 the city of Burladingen repaired the ruins.

description

The former castle complex with pre-fortification, protected by an eastern and southern wall with ditches , had a large and small cave as well as a through cave and had a residential tower with vaulted cellar, castle courtyard and buildings. Extensive ring and building wall remains of the complex are still preserved.

literature

Location above the village

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 .

Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 5 - West Alb: Hiking and discovering between Reutlingen and Spaichingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1993, ISBN 3-924489-65-3 , pp. 43-52.

Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council of Stuttgart - State Office for the Preservation of Monuments, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 239–242.

Günter Schmitt: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalb district . Published by the Zollernalbkreis district office, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0186-6 , pp. 163–167.

Web links

Commons : Ruine Stetten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eugen Leibold: "Höllstein Castle" continues to lapse. In: Hohenzollerische Zeitung of March 11, 2016; accessed on December 2, 2016
  2. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )