Jörgenberg Castle (Mittenhausen)
| Jörgenberg Castle | |
|---|---|
| Creation time : | around 1243 |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, wall and moat remains |
| Standing position : | Count |
| Place: | Obermarchtal - Mittenhausen |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 13 '36.1 " N , 9 ° 32' 27.6" E |
| Height: | 560 m above sea level NHN |
The Jörgenberg castle is an Outbound hilltop castle on a steep 560 m above sea level. NHN high cliffs above the solitude of Mittenweiler near the Mittenhausen district of the Obermarchtal municipality in the Alb-Danube district in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle built by the Counts of Berg is mentioned in 1243 and destroyed around 1370. Only small remains of walls and moats can be seen of the former castle complex .
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Jörgenberg . In: Ders .: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 2 · Alb Middle-South. Hiking and discovering between Ulm and Sigmaringen . Biberach publishing house printing. Biberach an der Riss 1989. ISBN 3-924489-45-9 . Pp. 255-258