Schorren Castle
| Schorren Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Venedigerloch, Schorrenhöhle | |
| Creation time : | second half of the 12th century | |
| Castle type : | Cave castle | |
| Conservation status: | cave | |
| Place: | Bad Urach | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 28 '9.6 " N , 9 ° 24' 33" E | |
| Height: | 680 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Schorren even Venedigerloch and Schorrenhöhle called, is a Outbound Höhlenburg to 680 m above sea level. NN near the city of Bad Urach (Sirchinger Nadel) in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
The cave castle was mentioned in 1402. Only the 30 meter long cave, which is divided into two corridors, and small traces of the wall remain of the former castle complex. The cave can be entered, but the ascent and descent to the entrance is very dangerous and only possible for experienced climbers.
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 4 • Alb Middle-North. Hiking and discovering between Aichelberg and Reutlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0 , pp. 225–228.
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 89–93.