Burgstall Edelburg

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Burgstall Edelburg
Remains of the wall of the inner castle (July 2015)

Remains of the wall of the inner castle (July 2015)

Alternative name (s): Odlerholtz, Hodlenburg, Edleburg
Castle type : Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status: Burgstall, neck moat, castle hill
Place: Garden rings
Geographical location 48 ° 39 '33.2 "  N , 8 ° 52' 32.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '33.2 "  N , 8 ° 52' 32.3"  E
Height: 510  m above sea level NN
Burgstall Edelburg (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Burgstall Edelburg

The Postal Edelburg , popularly known as Hodlenburg called, refers to an Outbound hilltop castle on 510  m above sea level. NN in the district of Boeblingen in Baden-Württemberg .

Of the former small castle complex 2500 meters northwest of Gärtringen on the western edge of the Gärtringer valley, only the castle hill and the circular moat have been preserved. This trench is about four meters deep. The round castle site has a diameter of about 20 meters, on which there are still mounds of rubble that contain remains of walls. The castle was probably used to monitor the nearby road.

history

The Burgstall was mentioned under the name Odlerholtz in 1468 in the warehouse book of the Herrenberg winery and is therefore the first written source of the castle that was already built. In the 15th and 16th centuries the Burgstall belonged to the Harder family. From 1583 to 1640 the castle was owned by the municipality of Gärtringen. The castle was probably abandoned in the 16th century.

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. 18.

Web links

Commons : Burgstall Edelburg  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source up to here: Hartwig Zürn: The prehistoric and early historical site monuments and the medieval castle sites of the Stuttgart district and the Böblingen, Esslingen and Nürtingen districts , p. 18
  2. ↑ Article in the Gäuboten from April 19, 2017