Waiblingen Castle (Aalen)

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Waiblingen Castle
Creation time : Mentioned in 1229
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall, trenches
Place: Aalen - Fachsenfeld , Waiblingen district
Geographical location 48 ° 53 '27.1 "  N , 10 ° 3' 7.5"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '27.1 "  N , 10 ° 3' 7.5"  E
Waiblingen Castle (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Waiblingen Castle

The castle Waiblingen is an Outbound hill fort on a promontory above the Kocher in Waiblingen , a district of Fachsenfeld in the city of Aalen in Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

history

Coat of arms of the Lords of Waiblingen after the New Siebmacher (1911)

In 1229 the castle is mentioned with an Ulricus de Wabelingen . The basic rule was first with the Hohenstaufen , after the end of the Hohenstaufen Waiblingen and Fachsenfeld went to the Counts of Oettingen . In 1401 the villages went to the Lords of Woellwarth . In the 16th century, the lords of Waiblingen emigrated, where they appear with the same coat of arms in the service of Landgrave Philip of Hesse .

description

The round castle stable has a diameter of 27 to 33 meters.

literature

Wikisource: Formerly independent municipality Fachsenfeld in the description of the Aalen District Office from 1854  - sources and full texts

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