Hohenstein Castle (Swabian Alb)
| Hohenstein Castle | ||
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 View from the outer bailey to the keep |
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| Creation time : | around 1050 to 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location | |
| Conservation status: | Bergfriedrest, enclosing walls | |
| Standing position : | Nobles, counts | |
| Construction: | Humpback block masonry | |
| Place: | Hohenstein- Oberstetten | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 20 '23.6 " N , 9 ° 20' 29.4" E | |
| Height: | 785 m above sea level NN | |
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The Burg Hohenstein on the Swabian Alb is the ruins of a hilltop castle on a to 785 m above sea level. NN lying hill near Oberstetten, a district of the community of Hohenstein in the Reutlingen district , named after it since 1975 , consisting of the formerly independent villages (today districts) Bernloch, Eglingen, Meidelstetten, Oberstetten and Ödenwaldstetten in Baden-Württemberg .
Readings, music and theater performances take place regularly on the castle grounds.
history
The castle was built by the Lords of Hohenstein at the end of the 11th century. The castle is first mentioned in the Zwiefalter Chronicle around 1100. The Hohensteiners were wealthy aristocrats in the High Middle Ages who administered and ruled from the castle, levied taxes and spoke justice. The supra-regional importance was also evident at the court festivals, in which the Margraves of Baden took part twice.
The castle was expanded around 1300, fell into disrepair after being destroyed in 1408 and was no longer inhabited by 1438. The Counts von Zollern and Kaib von Hohens are named as later owners .
Extensive securing work was carried out from 1983 to 1985.
description
In the castle complex with fore and core castle , the tower of the core castle, whose southeast corner is still preserved, was the dominant element. The keep with a base area of 8.05 by 6.80 meters had a height of about 13 meters with a high entrance at a height of 9 meters and a wall thickness of 2.1 meters.
literature
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council of Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 102-105.
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 2 - Alb Middle-South: Hiking and discovering between Ulm and Sigmaringen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1989, ISBN 3-924489-45-9 , pp. 301-306.
- Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz, Wilfried Pfefferkorn, Erhard Schmidt: Hohenstein castle ruins. The castles of the community of Hohenstein . Edited by the Hohenstein community, Reutlingen district. Hohenstein 1987.
