Burgrest Emerkingen
| Burgrest Emerkingen | |
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 Roman tower Emerkingen |
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| Alternative name (s): | Roman tower |
| Creation time : | around 1100 |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location |
| Conservation status: | Keep |
| Standing position : | Nobles |
| Place: | Emerkingen |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 12 '41.4 " N , 9 ° 39' 25.9" E |
| Height: | 531 m above sea level NN |
Castle Rest Emerkingen refers to the ruins of a moated castle of Burg Emerkingen even RömerTurm called in a meadow of town is in Emerkingen in Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The former moated castle was probably built by Heinrich von Emerkingen before 1100. In the first half of the 14th century the keep was built as a residential tower by the Lords of Emerkingen . Nothing has been preserved from the moated castle. The keep received a tower clock and a bell in 1921. Today the keep serves as a bell tower and local history museum.
literature
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages. Floor plan lexicon . Verlag Flechsig, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1
- 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 .