Hummertsried Castle

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Hummertsried Castle
Alternative name (s): Humprechtsried
Creation time : around 1246
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Foundation walls, moat
Place: Eberhardzell- Hummertsried
Geographical location 47 ° 57 '55.1 "  N , 9 ° 50' 43.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '55.1 "  N , 9 ° 50' 43.4"  E
Height: 640  m above sea level NN

The castle Hummertsried earlier also Humprechtsried called, is an Outbound castle 300 meters southwest of the church in the district Hummertsried the community Eberhardzell , district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg .

Remains of the foundation walls and the moat are still preserved from the castle, which was mentioned as "Humprechtsried" in 1246 . The former castle had a seven-meter high two-meter walls built dungeon .

literature

  • Antonin Hejna: The "Schlössle" in Hummertsried. A castle stable from the 13th to 17th centuries (= research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg. Vol. 2). Müller & Gräff, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-87532-059-X .