Unterschneidheim Castle
Unterschneidheim Castle | |
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Creation time : | First mentioned in 1384 |
Castle type : | Location |
Conservation status: | departed |
Standing position : | Local nobility |
Place: | Unterschneidheim |
The castle Unterschneidheim is a lost medieval castle northeast of the church to the left of the Sechta in the village of Unterschneidheim, the community of Unterschneidheim in the Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle in Unterschneidheim is documented in 1384, 1427, 1431 and in 1466 a "castle on the Sechtach" is named. The local nobility is mentioned in the 13th and 14th centuries. The gentlemen von Geislingen are also named as owners.
The rectangular originally 4 meter high castle hill with a moat width of 18 meters is built over today.
literature
- Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (Ed.): Baden-Württemberg. Handbook of Historic Places in Germany 6, Stuttgart 1980
- Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (ed.): Nördlingen - Bopfingen - Oettingen - Harburg - Part II: Excursions. Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments 41, Mainz 1979Weblinks
Web links
- Entry on Unterschneidheim Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved May 21, 2019.