Klingenstein Castle
| Klingenstein Castle | ||
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 Klingenstein Castle - shell tower of the central castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1215 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Standing position : | Ministerialenburg | |
| Place: | Bluestone - blade stone | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 24 '59.8 " N , 9 ° 54' 10.8" E | |
| Height: | 559 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Klingenstein is the ruins of a hilltop castle on 559 m above sea level. NN near the district of Klingenstein in the municipality of Blaustein in the Alb-Danube district in Baden-Württemberg .
History and current state
The castle was built from the 11th century by the Lords of Stain zu Klingenstein, mentioned in 1215 and abandoned after 1588. The castle ruins are privately owned and can be visited.
Klingenstein Castle originally consisted of three castle complexes. The upper castle , built in the 11th and 12th centuries, consisted of a keep , castle courtyard, castle chapel , main building, neck moat , outer bailey and drawbridge . The foundation walls of the keep are still preserved. The middle castle was built in the 13th and 14th centuries and delimited the grounds to the south with a battlement and consisted of a main building with a basement, the so-called gatehouse , and a shell tower that is still well preserved today . Klingenstein Castle stands today on the foundation walls and cellar vaults of the northern part of the castle complex , the lower castle , built in the 15th century .
The Leube Foundation, a foundation under civil law, has been looking after the castle ruins and Klingenstein Castle with all associated facilities and facilities since 1974. In 2015, the Leube Foundation received funding of 25,000 euros from the German Foundation for Monument Protection for the renovation and protection of the castle ruins.
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Volume 2: Alb Mitte-Süd - hiking and discovering between Ulm and Sigmaringen. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1989, ISBN 3-924489-45-9 , pp. 13-20.
- 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 .
Web links
- Klingenstein Castle at burgenwelt.de
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun
- Friends of Klingenstein Castle e. V.
- Dance floor with a view: 800 years of Klingenstein Castle , article by Helga Mäckle , Südwestpresse Ulm, September 5, 2015 (with picture gallery)