Ufenloch Castle

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Ufenloch Castle
Alternative name (s): Aufenloch
Creation time : around 1349
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Langenau -Hörvelsingen
Geographical location 48 ° 29 '15 "  N , 10 ° 1' 10"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '15 "  N , 10 ° 1' 10"  E
Height: 572  m above sea level NN

The castle Ufenloch even Aufenloch called, is a Outbound hilltop castle on 572  m above sea level. NN at the southwest end of the height "Ofenloch" in the Langenau district of Hörvelsingen in the Alb-Danube district in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was built in the 14th century by the Lords of Ufenloch, mentioned in 1349 and destroyed in 1372. Only remains of the moat can be seen of the former castle complex .

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 6 - Ostalb: Hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1995, ISBN 3-924489-74-2 , pp. 397-400.