Haigerloch Castle

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Haigerloch Castle
The "Roman Tower"

The "Roman Tower"

Alternative name (s): Roman Tower, Upper Town Tower, Upper Tower, High Tower, "castrum Haigerloch"
Creation time : around 1000
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: tower
Standing position : Nobles, counts, princes
Construction: Hunchback cuboid, half-timbered
Place: Haigerloch
Geographical location 48 ° 21 '54.1 "  N , 8 ° 48' 12.8"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '54.1 "  N , 8 ° 48' 12.8"  E
Height: 462  m above sea level NHN
Haigerloch Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Haigerloch Castle

The Castle Haigerloch , also Roman Tower , Upper Town Tower , Upper tower or high tower called, is the residue of a hilltop castle on a narrow elongated 462  m above sea level. NHN high rock spur to the left of the Eyach in the upper town of Haigerloch in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg .

History and layout

The castle was built around 1000 by the lords of Haigerloch and mentioned in 1095 as "castrum Haigerloch", expanded in the 12th century and destroyed in the 13th century. Former owners of the castle were also the Counts of Hohenberg and the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen . The town of Haigerloch has owned the facility since 1974.

The tower, which used to have a half-timbered tower with a half- hipped roof , was given its current shape from 1744 to 1746 by the Haigerloch master builder Christian Großbayer when it was converted into a bell tower for the Upper Town Church of St. Ulrich, only a few meters away, which was demolished in 1839. The "Römerturm" has no relation to Roman times, but is a Romanesque building.

The square humpback building of the keep is 19.5 meters high up to the surrounding parapet on the viewing platform with a high entrance at 10.5 meters on a floor area of ​​10.8 by 10.8 meters with a wall thickness of 3.4 to 3 , 6 meters.

After the extensive renovation of the octagonal tower top, the bells have been ringing again since summer 2016 and the tower can be climbed as a viewing tower.

literature

Web links

Commons : Burg Haigerloch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Haigerloch Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ Haigerloch Römerturm will soon be open to visitors again after renovation in the Hohenzollerische Zeitung on June 7, 2016, accessed on January 6, 2017