Vehingen Castle

Vehingen Castle
Kaltenstein Castle in place of the former Vehingen Castle (August 2011)
Alternative name (s):	Vaihingen Castle
Creation time :	around 1096
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall; Wall relics
Standing position :	Count
Construction:	Humpback cuboid
Place:	Vaihingen an der Enz
Geographical location	48 ° 56 '4.2 "  N , 8 ° 57' 16.6"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '4.2 "  N , 8 ° 57' 16.6"  E
Height:	252  m above sea level NHN

Vehingen Castle , also called Vaihingen Castle , is an abandoned hilltop castle at 252  m above sea level. NHN in the district of Vaihingen an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The hilltop castle on the Kaltenstein was first mentioned in 1096 as "Castrum Vaihingen" . It was first owned by the Counts of Vaihingen , who they and the city had to sell to the Margraves of Baden around 1324 . In 1334 the castle and town came to the Counts of Oettingen , who sold them to the House of Württemberg in 1339 .

From the former polygonal oval-scale castle is still staufer temporal , in 1230 Resulting hump ashlar -masonry at the former curtain wall obtained, which in the late 16th century in the city wall of the follow-building castle cold stone has been integrated.

See also

• Kaltenstein Castle
• Count of Vaihingen

literature

• Thomas Müller, Kristina Anger: Castles and palaces in the Ludwigsburg region - palaces, castles, ruins and stables in the Ludwigsburg district and the surrounding area . Published by the Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, Verlag Ungeheuer und Ulmer, Ludwigsburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-930872-65-7 , p. 133.
• Lothar Behr, Otto-Heinrich Elias, Manfred Scheck, Ernst Eberhard Schmidt (eds.): History of the city of Vaihingen an der Enz. Ipa, Vaihingen 2001, ISBN 3-933486-34-3 .
• Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X .

Web links

• Vehingen Castle at burgeninventar.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Thomas Müller, Kristina Anger: Castles and palaces in the Ludwigsburg region - palaces, castles, ruins and castle stables in the Ludwigsburg district and the surrounding area. P. 133.
2. ^ Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan lexicon . Bechtermünz, Würzburg 1996, p. 315.