Onolzheim Castle

Onolzheim Castle
Alternative name (s):	Burgschel
Creation time :	around 1284
Castle type :	Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status:	Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Crailsheim- Onolzheim
Geographical location	49 ° 6 '58.2 "  N , 10 ° 0' 30.3"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 6 '58.2 "  N , 10 ° 0' 30.3"  E
Height:	425  m above sea level NN

The castle Onolzheim even Burgschel called, is a Outbound Turmhügelburg (Motte) in the hallway New Lake , about two kilometers west of Crailsheim district Onolzheim in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

The castle was possibly the seat of the Lords of Onolzheim, mentioned between 1284 and 1420, who were Flügelauische, Hohenlohe and finally Ansbach Ministeriale .

Wall and moat remains from the former castle complex have been preserved.

See also : List of German hill towers

literature

• Alois Schneider: The castles in the Schwäbisch Hall district - an inventory . ( Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg , Volume 18). Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1228-7 , pp. 74-75.

Web links

• Entry on Castle Onolzheim in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Alois Schneider: The castles in the Schwäbisch Hall district - an inventory , p. 74
2. ↑ Onolzheim at leo-bw.de