Voggen Castle

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Voggen Castle
Creation time : 1200 to 1300
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Eberhardzell hamlet
Geographical location 48 ° 1 '0.1 "  N , 9 ° 49' 49.8"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 1 '0.1 "  N , 9 ° 49' 49.8"  E
Height: 637.5  m above sea level NN

The castle Voggen is an Outbound Spur castle on a 637.5  m above sea level. NN high Spornkuppe 600 meters northwest of the hamlet of the municipality of Eberhardzell in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was probably built by the lords of Weiler in the second half of the 13th century.

Nothing has been preserved from the former castle complex.

literature

  • Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district. Vol. 9, special issue 1, ISSN  1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, pp. 5-67.