Waldstein Castle (Fischerbach)
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Waldstein Castle - Castle Rocks |
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Alternative name (s): | Walstein, Waltstein | |
Creation time : | before 1353 | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
Conservation status: | Trenches, small remains of the wall | |
Standing position : | Nobles | |
Place: | Fischerbach -Waldstein- "Nill" | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 19 '24.6 " N , 8 ° 8' 12.8" E | |
Height: | 510 m above sea level NN | |
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The Castle Waldstein is an Outbound hilltop castle on a 510 m above sea level. NN high hill at the "Franzosenhof" in the Waldstein valley near the municipality of Fischerbach in the Ortenau district in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was built by the Lords of Waldstein , mentioned in 1353 and fell into disrepair after 1500. It was located on a rock plateau of 40 by 10 meters and was protected in the west by a double moat with a rampart and in the south by a neck ditch and a shield wall- like rock tooth. Small remains of the walls of the former castle are still preserved.
Remnants of the curtain wall
literature
- Kurt Klein: Castles, palaces and ruins - witnesses of the past in the Ortenau district . Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 3-922663-47-8 , p. 21.
- Otto Göller: Waldstein . In: Die Ortenau : Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden, issue 21: Castles and Palaces in Central Baden , 1934, p. 393 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Hermann Fautz: Castle and Lordship of Waldstein . In: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Middle Baden, 50th annual volume 1970, pp. 422–434 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Bertram Sandfuchs: Waldstein Castle . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Volume 64. Verlag des Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1984, ISSN 0342-1503 , pp. 406–409 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
Web links
Commons : Burg Waldstein - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on Waldstein in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Waldstein Castle at alemannische-seiten.de