Burgstall Altenthanstein

Burgstall Altenthannstein
Burgstall Altenthannstein - highest point of the castle stable with traces of former buildings
Creation time :	13th Century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Nobles
Place:	Thanstein - Dautersdorf
Geographical location	49 ° 22 '54.4 "  N , 12 ° 26' 38.5"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '54.4 "  N , 12 ° 26' 38.5"  E
Height:	635  m above sea level NN

The Postal Old Thanstein is a Outbound hilltop castle on a hilltop at 635  m above sea level. NN above the district of Dautersdorf in the municipality of Thanstein in the Upper Palatinate district of Schwandorf in Bavaria .

The castle, of which only a few reliable data are available, was built in the 13th century by the Lords of Tannstein as their ancestral seat. In 1218 a Uto von Tannstein was mentioned in a document . The Murachers are also named as other co-owners. At the beginning of the 14th century, the Tannsteiners moved their headquarters to Thannstein Castle .

The castle stable still shows traces that indicate the location of the tower and the building, surrounded by a moat that separates the deeper area of ​​the castle and allows a small fountain to be seen there.

literature

• Armin Stroh : The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 3). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-5030-3 , pp. 282-283.

See also

View of the old Tannstein from the east

Thannstein Castle Thanstein Castle

Web links

Commons : Burgstall Altenthannstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Burgstall Althannstein at nineburgerinfo.de