Kerkingen Castle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kerkingen Castle
Creation time : First mentioned in 1272
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Local nobility
Place: Bopfingen -Kerkingen
Geographical location 48 ° 54 '14.2 "  N , 10 ° 21' 27.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '14.2 "  N , 10 ° 21' 27.7"  E
Kerkingen Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Kerkingen Castle

The castle Kerkingen is an Outbound medieval moated castle in the village Kerkingen , a district of Bopfingen in Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

location

Various sources indicate the location either northwest or south of the church. However, the location northwest of the church is clearly recognizable on the topographic map of the regional surveying office from 1944.

history

From 1272 to 1378 the castle was the seat of the local nobles von Kerkingen .

In 1950, when the rectory was built, the square 16 by 16 meter castle hill with a 10 meter wide moat was leveled and filled in.

literature

  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (Ed.): Aalen - Lauchheim - Ellwangen. Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments 22, Mainz 1973
  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (ed.): Nördlingen - Bopfingen - Oettingen - Harburg - Part II: Excursions. Guide to prehistoric and protohistoric monuments 41, Mainz 1979

Web links

  • Entry on Kerkingen Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved September 14, 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Topographic map of the Land Surveying Office from 1944 . deutschefotothek.de. Retrieved May 24, 2019.