Tachenstein castle ruins

Tachenstein castle ruins
Tachenstein Castle ruins - view of the ruins over Riedenburg from the southeast
Alternative name (s):	Dachenstein
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Remnants of the keep, remains of walls, neck ditch
Standing position :	Count
Construction:	Humpback cuboid
Place:	Riedenburg
Geographical location	48 ° 57 '48 "  N , 11 ° 40' 48"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '48 "  N , 11 ° 40' 48"  E
Height:	450  m above sea level NN

The castle ruin Tachenstein , also called Dachenstein, is the ruin of a spur castle in the district of the town of Riedenburg in the Kelheim district in Bavaria .

Geographical location

The castle ruins are located directly west of the core town of Riedenburg in the eastern part of the Altmühltal nature park on the south-east facing foothills of the Jägerberg ( 476  m above sea  level ) at around 440 to 450  m above sea level. NN . Below the wooded ridge, the Danube tributary Altmühl flows through Riedenburg.

history

The castle was probably built by the Counts of Riedenburg or their heirs, the Wittelsbachers . In the 16th century the castle was already in ruins. Of the former castle complex, the 10 meter high ruin of the keep with the high entrance behind the former shield wall on an area of ​​around 7.5 by 7.5 meters, made of humpback ashlar, as well as the neck ditch carved into the rock are still preserved .

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  East side of the keep

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  South side of the keep with the high entrance

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  Ruin of the residential building from the east

literature

• Georg Paula , Volker Liedke, Michael M. Rind : District of Kelheim (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume II.30 ). Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-7954-0009-0 .

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Tachenstein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tachenstein ruins at personenschiffahrt.de
• Reconstruction drawing in the medieval state by Wolfgang Braun