Wildentierbach Castle
Wildentierbach Castle | |
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Remains of the former castle, including a keep, at the fortified church Wildentierbach |
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Creation time : | Early 13th century |
Castle type : | Location |
Conservation status: | Burgstall |
Place: | Niederstetten - Wildentierbach |
Geographical location | 49 ° 23 '42 " N , 9 ° 58' 57.4" E |
The castle Wildlife Bach is an Outbound castle in wildlife Bach , a district of Niederstetten in Main-Tauber-Kreis in Baden-Wuerttemberg .
history
Wildentierbach Castle was built at the beginning of the 13th century and was mentioned in a document in 1303. It served as the seat of the lords of Tierbach , who presumably sat in the castle as feudal and servants of the lords of Hohenlohe-Brauneck, who owned the place Wildentierbach in the 13th century. The castle was abandoned around 1400 and destroyed in 1509 by Melchior von Rosenberg zuhaltenbergstetten.
investment
From the former castle only the remains of the square keep with a base of 8.5 × 8.5 meters and a wall thickness of 3 meters are preserved.
See also
literature
- Miller, Max / Taddey, Gerhard (eds.): Baden-Württemberg. Handbook of Historic Places in Germany 6 , Stuttgart 1980.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Wildentierbach Castle (Wildenthierbach) in Niederstetten. In: alleburgen.de. Retrieved August 13, 2020 .