Reute Castle in Hegau
Reute Castle in Hegau | ||
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Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
Standing position : | Nobles | |
Place: | Eigeltingen - Reute im Hegau - "Habsnest" | |
Geographical location | 47 ° 53 '0 " N , 8 ° 54' 14" E | |
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The castle Reute im Hegau is a Outbound hilltop castle in Won Habs Nest 1,300 meters southwest of the district Reute im Hegau the town of Eigeltingen in Baden-Württemberg district of Konstanz in Germany .
In the 1990s, as part of an aerial survey, the castle stables , which were probably built by the Lords of Honstetten, were discovered. The former castle complex, of which nothing has been preserved, was a circular moat system with a diameter of 100 to 120 meters and a moat width of around 20 meters.
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. 119.