Rauhenberg Castle
| Rauhenberg Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 700 to 1000 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Wall and moat remains | |
| Place: | Gailingen on the Upper Rhine | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 42 '10.3 " N , 8 ° 47' 42.3" E | |
| Height: | 575 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Rauhenberg Castle is a hilltop castle (ramparts) at 575 m above sea level. NHN on the eastern flank of the 621.3 meter high Rauhenberg , directly on the Swiss border, three kilometers east-northeast of the community of Gailingen am Hochrhein in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg .
The 80 meter long and 30 to 55 wide hill fort was built either in prehistoric times or between the 8th and 10th centuries. Small remains of ramparts and moats have been preserved from the former complex .
literature
- Michael Losse, Hans Noll: Castles, palaces, fortresses in Hegau: fortifications and noble residences in the western Lake Constance area . In: Michael Greuter (Ed.): Hegau Library 109 . Association for the history of the Hegaus, Verlag Michael Greuter, Singen 2001, ISBN 3-9806273-2-2 , p. 84.
- 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 , pp. 69 and 139.
Web links
- Entry on Rauhenberg in the private database "Alle Burgen".