Döffingen castle ruins

Döffingen castle ruins
Creation time :	probably 13th century
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall, rubble
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Grafenau - Döffingen
Geographical location	48 ° 42 '42.4 "  N , 8 ° 54' 8.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 42 '42.4 "  N , 8 ° 54' 8.3"  E
Height:	460  m above sea level NN

The castle ruins Döffingen denotes a Outbound hilltop castle on the 460  m above sea level. NN high point of the mountain tongue of the "Forchenwald" between Würm and Schwippe 700 meters west of Döffingen , a place in the municipality of Grafenau in the district of Böblingen in Baden-Württemberg .

The local nobles of Döffingen can be traced back to 1272-1447 and were probably servants of the Tübingen Count Palatine , which suggests that the castle was built in the 13th century.

Only a pile of rubble remains from the former castle complex. The field name Buschelberg (Buschel = Burstel = Burgstall) refers to the Burgstall .

literature

• Hartwig Zürn : The prehistoric and early historical site monuments and the medieval castle sites of the Stuttgart city district and the Böblingen, Esslingen and Nürtingen districts . Verlag Silberburg, Stuttgart 1956, p. 17.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Döffingen at leo-bw.de
2. ^ Entry on Döffingen Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".