Hochbiedeck Castle
| Hochbiedeck Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Hochbideck, Hochbidegg | |
| Creation time : | probably during the first half of the 13th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Lichtenstein- Unterhausen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 26 '44.5 " N , 9 ° 15' 44.8" E | |
| Height: | 628.3 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Hochbiedeck even Hochbideck and Hochbidegg called, is a Outbound hilltop castle on the Imenberg at 628.3 m above sea level. NN above the confluence of the Zellertal in the Echaztal in the district Unterhausen of the municipality of Lichtenstein in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was built in the 13th century by the Lords of Greifenstein and destroyed in 1311 by the imperial city of Reutlingen .
From the former small castle complex on a narrow ridge with two ditches , only the remains of the trenches are preserved.
literature
- 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. 123-124.
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 4 • Alb Middle-North. Hiking and discovering between Aichelberg and Reutlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0 , pp. 297-300.