Wittichenstein Castle
| Wittichenstein Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1293 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | small residues | |
| Standing position : | Dukes | |
| Construction: | Ashlar masonry | |
| Place: | Schenkenzell -Vortal- "Castle Rocks" | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 20 '0.6 " N , 8 ° 21' 14" E | |
| Height: | 510 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Wittichenstein is the ruins of a hilltop castle on the "Castle Rock" at 510 m above sea level. NN above the Wittichen monastery near the community of Schenkenzell in the Rottweil district in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was mentioned in 1293 and was destroyed in 1344. It was owned by Schenkenzell's taverns. The castle was used to organize and protect the silver mines present here, similar to Birchiburg Castle in the municipality of Bollschweil .
Small remains of the former castle complex are still preserved.
literature
- Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .
- Hans Harter: Wittichenstein Castle . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden , Volume 64. Publishing house of the Historical Association for Central Baden, Offenburg 1984, ISSN 0342-1503 , pp. 489–493.
Web links
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun
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