Röhrwangen Castle

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Röhrwangen Castle
Alternative name (s): Vorderburg
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Biberach an der Riss

The castle Röhrwangen even Vorderburg called, is a Outbound hilltop castle above the Rißtal on the northeastern edge of the city Biberach in Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle, presumably built by the Lords of Röhrwangen in the 13th century, was mentioned around 1271, was later owned by the Lords of Helfenstein and was destroyed around 1401.

Nothing has been preserved from the castle complex, which cannot be precisely located.

literature

  • Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district. Vol. 9, special issue 1, ISSN  1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, p. 57.