Langenschemmern Castle

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Langenschemmern Castle
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Schemmerhofen - Langenschemmern
Geographical location 48 ° 10 '13.5 "  N , 9 ° 48' 14.5"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '13.5 "  N , 9 ° 48' 14.5"  E
Langenschemmern Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Langenschemmern Castle

The castle Langenschemmern is an Outbound hilltop castle on a mountain above the corner Rißtal about 500 meters southeast of the church of the district Langenschemmern the municipality Schemmerhofen in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was mentioned in 1492 as a Burkstall , i.e. as a castle that was no longer habitable. Remains of it are said to have been visible in 1837, but no clear remnants have survived today.

literature

  • Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district . 9th year, special issue 1, ISSN  1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, p. 51.

Individual evidence

  1. Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and noble houses in the Biberach district , p. 51