Nagelsberg Castle

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Nagelsberg Castle
Access to Nagelsberg Castle (2012)

Access to Nagelsberg Castle (2012)

Creation time : probably 13th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, location
Conservation status: partially preserved
Place: Künzelsau - Nagelsberg
Geographical location 49 ° 17 '33.3 "  N , 9 ° 40' 32.1"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 17 '33.3 "  N , 9 ° 40' 32.1"  E
Height: 247  m above sea level NN
Nagelsberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Nagelsberg Castle

The castle Nagelberg is the residue of a hilltop castle on 247  m above sea level. NN near the Nagelsberg district of the city of Künzelsau in Hohenlohekreis in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was probably built in the 13th century, first mentioned in a document in 1282 in the possession of the von Stein family, given to the Comburg monastery in 1290 by the last von Stein family , since 1330 it belonged to the diocese of Mainz , which occupied the castle with a bailiff in 1492. In 1803 the castle was sold to a middle-class family in the course of secularization . 1822 overthrew keep one.

The former small castle complex now only houses new buildings and is fully integrated into the place. It can be reached via a stone bridge built over the former neck ditch , behind which there is the gate with an old coat of arms over the opening and a newly built tower stump. There are also many remains of the wall and the foundation walls of the keep.

literature

  • Wilhelm Gradmann: Castles and palaces in Hohenlohe . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-87181-209-9 , p. 115.

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