Königsbühl Castle

Königsbühl Castle
	Ground plan of the remains of the earthworks
Castle type :	Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, trenches
Place:	Lauchheim
Geographical location	48 ° 52 '36.9 " N , 10 ° 16' 22.5" E Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '36.9 " N , 10 ° 16' 22.5" E

The castle Königsbühl is an Outbound hillside castle in a forest 1500 meters east of the city Lauchheim in Ostalbkreis in Baden-Wuerttemberg on a projecting westward mountain tongue.

history

The castle, which was already mentioned as a ruin in the Middle Ages , served together with the neighboring Gromberg Castle to secure the ancient trade route from the Remstal into the Nördlinger Ries , today Bundesstraße 29 .

In 1394, a farmstead at Königsbühl is mentioned that belonged to the Lords of Gromberg and was sold to the Teutonic Order .

Only remains of the earthworks remain from the castle .

Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .