Weiler Castle (Bechingen)

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Weiler Castle
Creation time : around 1251
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Riedlingen -Bechingen
Geographical location 48 ° 11 '50.4 "  N , 9 ° 28' 22.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '50.4 "  N , 9 ° 28' 22.7"  E
Weiler Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Weiler Castle

The Burgweiler is an Outbound castle in the corridor floor hamlet west of the district Bechingen the community Riedlingen in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was probably built in the 13th century by the lords of Weiler, they are mentioned between 1251 and 1297 until the 14th century. Later it came into the possession of Zwiefalten along with the village of Weiler . In 1690 even larger remains of the wall were preserved from the castle, today the former castle complex has been completely removed.

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, p. 65.