Zähringen Castle (Altheim)
| Zähringen Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1361 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Altheim- Zähringen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 34 '50.2 " N , 9 ° 58' 46.2" E | |
| Height: | 625 m above sea level NN | |
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The zähringen castle is an Outbound Spur castle on the 625 m above sea level. NN high Schlossberg on the edge of the valley near the district of Zähringen in the municipality of Altheim in the Alb-Danube district in Baden-Württemberg .
No documents are known about the small castle , 1361 a Rumelin von Zeringen is mentioned as a citizen in Altheim. In 1385 the village of Zähringen came into the possession of the imperial city of Ulm . It is unclear whether the castle can be associated with the Zähringer family of the same name , but there is no evidence.
Only small remains of ramparts and moats can be seen from the former castle complex .
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 6 · Ostalb - hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1995, ISBN 3-924489-74-2 , pp. 425-428.