Hohengenkingen Castle
| Hohengenkingen Castle | ||
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 The site of the former Hohengenkingen Castle |
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| Creation time : | Mentioned in 1122 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Lower nobility | |
| Place: | Sonnenbühl -Genkingen- "Castle" | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 24 '1.4 " N , 9 ° 12' 21.6" E | |
| Height: | 861 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Hohengenkingen is an Outbound hilltop castle on 861 m above sea level. NHN in the district of Undingen in the southeast of the village of Genkingen, a part of the municipality of Sonnenbühl in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was built by the noble lords of Genkingen, who are mentioned several times in deeds of donation to the Zwiefalten monastery . The castle was mentioned in 1122 and destroyed in 1447.
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 the Preservation of Monuments, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 141-144.
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 4 - Alb Mitte-Nord: Hiking and discovering between Aichelberg and Reutlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0 , pp. 341–346.
- Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X .
Web links
Commons : Burg Genkingen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Genkingen at leo-bw.de
- ^ Entry on Hohengenkingen in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved September 20, 2015.