Castle ruins Wasserburg
Castle ruins Wasserburg | ||
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Creation time : | around 1226 | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, valley edge location | |
Conservation status: | Wall remains, trench | |
Standing position : | Nobles | |
Place: | Tuttlingen - Ludwigstal | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 0 '7.9 " N , 8 ° 50' 7.4" E | |
Height: | 690 m above sea level NN | |
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Castle ruins Wasserburg refers to the ruins of a hilltop castle at 690 m above sea level. NN at the northern tip of the Leutenberg 2500 meters north of the town church of Tuttlingen in the Tuttlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The former castle was named after its founders mentioned in 1225, the lords of Wasserburg “Waso” . The castle was destroyed and demolished in the 14th century and was mentioned as the castle stables around 1600 .
The floor plans of the once large castle complex are overgrown and only show remains of the defensive walls and a deep moat.
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Wasserburg . 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. 337-340.
- Hans-Wilhelm Heine: Studies on weir systems between the young Danube and western Lake Constance . In: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 5 . Stuttgart 1978, ISSN 0178-3262 , p. 107.