Reichenau Castle
| Reichenau Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, wall and moat remains | |
| Place: | Münsingen- Auingen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 25 '43.5 " N , 9 ° 31' 23.8" E | |
| Height: | 821 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Reichenau is an Outbound hilltop castle on the 821 m above sea level. NHN high level of a protruding mountain in the area of the district Auingen of the municipality of Münsingen in the district of Reutlingen ( Baden-Württemberg ).
“By the way, near Auingen you can still find the remains of a castle, called Reichenau, on the level of a protruding mountain, to which a Roman road led . A few years ago these ruins were the subject of treasure-digging experiments and ghost stories. "
- Wikisource
The castle was built around 1100 by the noble free von Gruorn and fell into disrepair around 1300. Today's Burgstall only shows the remains of ramparts and moats .
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 4 - Alb Mitte-Nord: Hiking and discovering between Aichelberg and Reutlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0 , pp. 263-266.
- Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , pp. 34-36.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wikisource: Description of the Upper Office Münsingen / Münsingen
- ^ Entry on Reichenau in the private database "Alle Burgen".