Castle ruins Altfridingen

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Castle ruins Altfridingen
Alternative name (s): Alt-Fridingen,
Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: Traces of terrain, remains of the wall
Standing position : Nobles
Construction: Quarry stone masonry
Place: Fridingen on the Danube
Geographical location 48 ° 1 '48.7 "  N , 8 ° 55' 0.1"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 1 '48.7 "  N , 8 ° 55' 0.1"  E
Height: 790.7  m above sea level NN
Castle ruins Altfridingen (Baden-Württemberg)
Castle ruins Altfridingen

The castle ruins Altfridingen , also called Alt-Fridingen , describe the high medieval remains of a city ​​desert at 790.7  m above sea level. NN near Fridingen on the Danube in the Tuttlingen district in Baden-Württemberg . There is no connection with the Burgstall Krinnerfels or Grinnerfels.

Geographical location

The former town stood on an elongated hilltop, on the southern valley side of the Danube , not far from the Kallenberg castle ruins and about 1,650 meters northwest of the church of the town of Fridingen.

history

The hill fort was probably built in the 13th century as a counter-foundation to the neighboring town of Mühlheim. After 1330, Altfridingen lost its importance to the re-establishment, today's small town Fridingen, which is located at the old settlement. The last documented news comes from the 15th century.

description

Traces of the terrain and small remains of walls made of quarry stone have been preserved from the town .

The mountain peak used for the construction is 70 meters wide and 150 meters long. The former enclosure wall is clearly recognizable on the entire south side as an overgrown rubble mound. The entrance is in the eastern third. The northeast side still shows small remains of the wall. Inside one encounters cellar hollows and rubble mounds from 12 buildings. A castle is suspected to be in the northern tip, but there is no direct evidence of this in the area.

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Altfridingen . In: Ders .: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 3: Danube Valley. Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , pp. 275-280.
  • Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Studies on weir systems between the young Danube and western Lake Constance . Published by the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office, Stuttgart 1978, ISSN  0178-3262 , p. 66.