Henkenburg Castle
| Henkenburg Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Henkenberg, Bühl | |
| Creation time : | around 1115 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Burgrieden -Bühl | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 13 '4.4 " N , 9 ° 56' 35.2" E | |
| Height: | 520 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Henke Castle , also Henkenberg or Buehl called, is a Outbound Spur castle on 520 m above sea level. NN 700 meters southeast of the Bühl district of the municipality of Burgrieden in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg .
The Bühler local nobility was named with "Adelprecht von Buhilin" in 1115. The castle was later owned by the von Freyberg family and other families and eventually came to the Biberach hospital . From the former castle complex on a large, artificially piled up castle hill, only a neck ditch and the place of a front bailey have survived. A small wooden chapel has been located on the castle hill since 1951.
literature
- Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district . 9th year, special issue 1, ISSN 1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, p. 39.
- Otto Beck: Art and history in the Biberach district. A travel guide to cultural sites and sights in the middle of Upper Swabia (= Thorbecke-Taschen-Bildführer. Vol. 7). Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1983, ISBN 3-7995-3707-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and noble residences in the Biberach district. , P. 39