Roggenstein Castle
Roggenstein Castle | ||
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Creation time : | 1150 to 1170 | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, rocky location | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
Place: | Geislingen an der Steige -Untere Roggenmühle- "Roggenstein" | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 39 '2.7 " N , 9 ° 54' 8.3" E | |
Height: | 570 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Roggenstein is an Outbound rock castle on the 570 m above sea level. NN high Roggenstein above the Untere Roggenmühle near Geislingen an der Steige in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was built by Konrad von Roggenstein between 1150 and 1170 and abandoned around 1250. In 1281 a Konrad Ruggestain, citizen of Geislingen, was named.
Today's castle stable of the 15 by 30 meter castle complex still shows the neck ditch .
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 1 - Northeast Alb: Hiking and discovering between Aalen and Aichelberg . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1988, ISBN 3-924489-39-4 , pp. 207-210.
- Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , p. 18.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lower rye mill at leo-bw.de
- ^ Entry on Roggenstein Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".