Mühlenbach Castle (Mühlenbach)
| Mühlenbach Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 1200 to 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, hillside location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, trenches | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Mühlenbach | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 14 '57.8 " N , 8 ° 6' 59.4" E | |
| Height: | 397 m above sea level NN | |
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The Castle Mill Stream is an Outbound hilltop castle at 397 m above sea level. NN on the "Birkle" above the community of Mühlenbach in the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was built by the Lords of Books in the 13th century, mentioned around 1313, destroyed and fell into disrepair after 1452. Two moats are still preserved from the former castle complex .
literature
- Kurt Klein: Castles, palaces and ruins - witnesses of the past in the Ortenau district . Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 3-922663-47-8 , pp. 68-69.
- Manfred Hildenbrand: Mühlenbach Castle . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden , Volume 64. Verlag des Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1984, ISSN 0342-1503 , pp. 410-411.