Leibertingen Castle
| Leibertingen Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Leibertinger Ortsburg, near the castle | |
| Creation time : | 1000 to 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, Motte, location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, hill remains | |
| Standing position : | Lower nobility | |
| Place: | Leibertingen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 2 '34 " N , 9 ° 0' 49" E | |
| Height: | 806 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Leibertingen even Leiber Pleintinger local Castle or The Castle called, is a Outbound Turmhügelburg (Motte) in the municipality Leibertingen in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg .
Geographical location
The Ortsburg is located in Leibertingen on the property behind the “Zur Burg” inn on the edge of a flat valley. The name “Zur Burg” does not apply to Wildenstein Castle , but to the former local castle of Leibertingen.
history
The castle was probably built in the 11th century and could have been the predecessor of the Wildensteiner castles built from 1100 onwards. But also possible as a later local castle of the lower noble family von Leibertingen mentioned in 1231. Ceramic finds have shown that the castle was still inhabited in the 13th century.
description
From the former castle complex of the Motte (tower hill castle) only a circular, approximately three to four meter high castle hill with a diameter of 25 meters has survived. This was largely destroyed by construction work from 1973 to 1975.
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Wildenstein and Leibertinger Ortsburg . In: Ders .: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 3. Danube Valley. Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , pp. 181-200, here: p. 200.
- Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Studies on weir systems between the young Danube and western Lake Constance . In: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 5 . Stuttgart 1978, ISSN 0178-3262 , p. 80.