Heusenberg Castle

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Heusenberg Castle
Alternative name (s): Heusenburg, Hussenburg
Creation time : 900 to 1100
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, Wall, Graben
Place: Burgrieden -Red
Geographical location 48 ° 13 '36.5 "  N , 9 ° 58' 3.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '36.5 "  N , 9 ° 58' 3.7"  E
Height: 565  m above sea level NHN
Heusenberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Heusenberg Castle

The castle Heusenberg even Heusenburg or Hussenburg called, is a Outbound Spur castle on 565  m above sea level. NHN 1100 meters east of the Rot district of the municipality of Burgrieden in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg .

Remains of the rampart and moat have been preserved from the castle, which was built in the 10th to 11th centuries on a low polygonal castle hill with a core castle , outer castle and moat .

literature

  • State Surveying Office Baden-Württemberg and State Monuments Office Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): Archaeological Monuments in Baden-Württemberg. 451 selected sights from Baden-Württemberg . Landesvermessungsamt Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-89021-717-6 , p. 71.
  • Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district. Vol. 9, special issue 1, ISSN  1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, p. 57.

Web links

  • Entry on Heusenburg in the private database "Alle Burgen".