Schnaitberg Castle

Schnaitberg Castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Essingen - Schnaitberg
Geographical location	48 ° 49 '40.3 "  N , 10 ° 1' 55.1"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '40.3 "  N , 10 ° 1' 55.1"  E

The castle Schnaitberg is an Outbound castle in the district Schnaitberg the town of Essingen in Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

history

Coat of arms of the Lords of Schnaitberg after Gustav Adelbert Seyler ( Neuer Siebmacher (1911) )

The castle was the ancestral seat of the Lords of Schnaitberg , who were related to the Lords of Roden . They were ministerials to the Counts of Dillingen . In 1473 the castle was owned by the Lords of Horkheim . In 1534 the castle, which had since been sold, was sold to the city of Aalen.

literature

Wikisource: Schnaitberg with castle in the description of the Oberamt Aalen from 1854  - sources and full texts

Web links

• Schnaitberg with castle on LEO-BW