Heersberg Castle

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Heersberg Castle
Creation time : around 1360
Castle type : Höhenburg, slope spur
Conservation status: Wall remains, trench
Standing position : Nobles
Construction: Small ashlar masonry
Place: Albstadt - Lautlingen
Geographical location 48 ° 13 '21.2 "  N , 8 ° 57' 5.2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '21.2 "  N , 8 ° 57' 5.2"  E
Height: 853.5  m above sea level NHN
Heersberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Heersberg Castle

The castle Heerenberg is the residue of a hilltop castle on a hill spur on the southeast slope of the army mountain at 853.5  m above sea level. NHN , above the Albstädter district Lautlingen Albstädter district Lautlingen in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

history

Heersberg Castle, whose original name is not known, could possibly be Neuentierberg Castle, mentioned in 1362 . According to reading finds that were examined by Christoph Bizer, the time the castle was built was in the first half of the 13th century; it probably came to an end in the middle of the 14th century, possibly during an attack, as there is also a sling stone with a in the finds Found a diameter of about 30 centimeters.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

literature

  • 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. 45–49.
  • 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. 200–203.
  • Günter Schmitt: Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 5 - Westalb: Hiking and discovering between Reutlingen and Spaichingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1993, ISBN 3-924489-65-3 , pp. 311-314.
  • Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , p. 76.

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