Wehingen castle ruins

Wehingen Castle
Alternative name (s):	Harrasburg
Creation time :	around 1150 to 1200
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Wall remains
Standing position :	Nobles
Construction:	Ashlar masonry
Place:	Wehingen
Geographical location	48 ° 8 '48.8 " N , 8 ° 49' 14.5" E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '48.8 " N , 8 ° 49' 14.5" E
Height:	907 m above sea level NN

The Wehingen castle ruins , also known as Harrasburg , are the ruins of a spur castle at 907 m above sea level. NN near the community of Wehingen in the Tuttlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

From the castle, which was built around 1150–1200 and mentioned in 1351, only remains of walls are left. The castle was rebuilt around 1250 and was destroyed around 1475. The gentlemen von Wehingen and from 1351 Austria are named as former owners .

literature

Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 319-324.
Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 5: West Alb. Hiking and discovering between Reutlingen and Spaichingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1993, ISBN 3-924489-65-3 , pp. 379-386.
Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , pp. 84-85.