Westerstetten Castle
| Westerstetten Castle | |
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 Reconstructed view of the castle, together with the Westerstetter coat of arms. Sgraffito by Adolf Wengenmayer in the stairwell of the new town hall in Westerstetten |
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| Creation time : | 1300 to 1400 |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall |
| Standing position : | Nobles, clericals |
| Construction: | Ashlar masonry |
| Place: | Westerstetten |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 30 '21.6 " N , 9 ° 57' 17.3" E |
| Height: | 570 m above sea level NN |
The castle Westerstetten is an Outbound hilltop castle on 570 m above sea level. NN above the Birkhof in the municipality of Westerstetten in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg .
The small castle complex was probably built in the 13th century by the Lords of Westerstetten, mentioned in 1432, later owned by the Elchingen Monastery and destroyed in 1525. All that remains of the former castle complex is wall rubble and the remains of a moat .
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 6 Eastern Alb. Hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1995, ISBN 3-924489-74-2 , pp. 419-424.