Hiltenburg castle ruins
| Hiltenburg castle ruins | ||
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 View of the Hiltenburg castle ruins from the Bad Ditzenbach residential area of Klingenbrunnen |
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| Creation time : | 1289 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Construction: | Square and hump square masonry | |
| Place: | Bad Ditzenbach | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 34 '48 " N , 9 ° 42' 2" E | |
| Height: | 716.5 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Hiltenburg castle ruins are the ruins of a high medieval hilltop castle at 716.5 m above sea level. NHN high Schlossberg in the Filstal valley high above Bad Ditzenbach in the Göppingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The castle was mentioned for the first time in 1289 as the seat of an official of the Counts of Helfenstein . After the older Helenstein line had used the castle as a secondary residence from 1356, it became the main residence of the Helfensteiners in 1396. From 1446 to 1482 the Hiltenburg was pledged to Württemberg .
On November 9, 1516, the castle was destroyed on the orders of Duke Ulrich von Württemberg and not rebuilt for cost reasons. The Helfensteiner moved their residence to Wiesensteig .
From 1976 to 1979 the remains of the wall were secured by the Stuttgart Forestry Directorate and the Weilheim / Teck State Forestry Office . During recent restorations , archaeological excavations were carried out by the district archeology department in Göppingen.
description
Today the castle ruins are a popular destination in the Upper Filstal . The facility offers a barbecue area with a sunbathing area and a newly built viewing platform with a wide view of Bad Ditzenbach and the neighboring villages.
gallery
The eastern keep of Hiltenburg with a viewing platform
Vaulted cellar on the Hiltenburg
Panel on the history of Hiltenburg
Hiltenburg in winter
Aerial photo 2009
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 1 - Northeast Alb: Hiking and discovering between Aalen and Aichelberg . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1988, ISBN 3-924489-39-4 , pp. 287-296.
- R. Rademacher, The excavations 2009 to 2012 on the Schlossberg near Bad Ditzenbach. Hohenstaufen / Helfenstein. Historical yearbook for the Göppingen district 18, 2014, 301–309.
Web links
- Homepage of the Förderverein Burgruine Hiltenburg eV
- Hiltenburg at burgen-web.de
- Excavations of the district archeology in Göppingen
Individual evidence
Castles: Donzdorf Castle | Eybach Castle | Filseck Castle | Helfenstein City Palace | Göppingen Castle | Liebenstein Castle | Rechberghausen New Castle | Stork | Washer lock | Weißenstein Castle | Winzingen Castle | Wiesensteig Castle
Castles and ruins: Aichelberg castle ruins | Berneck castle ruins with Buschel Chapel (Deggingen) | Bühringen Castle | Burgstall Burren | Burgstall Deggingen | Drackenstein Castle | Gruibingen Castle | Helfenstein Castle | Hiltenburg castle ruins | Hoheneybach Castle | Hohenstaufen Castle | Burgstall Hunnenburg | Landsöhr Castle | Leimburg castle ruins | Lotenberg Castle | Mühlhausen Castle (Mühlhausen im Täle) | Oberrommental Castle | Desert tower | Ramsberg Castle | Burgrest Ravenstein | Roggenstein Castle | Scharfenberg Castle | Spitzberg Castle | Staufeneck Castle | Türkheim Castle | Turmberg ruin | Zillenhart Castle