Hornsberg Castle (Killingen)

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Hornsberg Castle
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Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Castle stable, earthworks, moat
Place: Ellwangen - Killingen
Geographical location 48 ° 54 '22.6 "  N , 10 ° 13' 13.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '22.6 "  N , 10 ° 13' 13.3"  E
Hornsberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Hornsberg Castle

The Burg Hornberg is an Outbound hilltop castle on the Hornberg south of Killingen , a district of Ellwangen in Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

description

The castle was about 1.4 kilometers south of the village of Killingen. About one kilometer to the southwest is the castle stables of Mohrenstetten Castle and about 2.1 kilometers to the south is Schönberg Castle .

history

In the years 1245 and 1262 a "Konrad von Hornsberg" was mentioned. In the 13th century, the building known as the Burgstall belonged to the brothers Wernher, Siefried and Kun von Killingen . On March 12, 1256, Wernher von Siefried exchanged his part. On October 31, 1259, Kun von Killingen renounced his part of the castle stable.

On July 4, 1437 sold Heinrich von Waischenfeld and Hans von Breitenstein with their wives the Postal, she about her father and brother Conrad of Itzlingen had received the Kochenburger Vogt Fritz of wooden rings . He finally left the castle stable on January 28, 1443 to the Ellwang Abbot Johann. In the Ellwang books of 1454 and 1506 "a court portrait, a barn and a garden at Hornsberg near Pfahlheim" are mentioned.

literature

Wikisource: Hornsberg Castle in the description of the Oberamt Ellwangen from 1886  - sources and full texts
  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (Ed.): Aalen - Lauchheim - Ellwangen. Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments 22, Mainz 1973

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