Burgstall Fußstain

Burgstall Fußstain
Ring trench
Creation time :	10th to 11th centuries
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burngstall, moat
Place:	Habach- Hinterfeld- "Stöcklesberg"
Geographical location	47 ° 43 '26.5 "  N , 11 ° 17' 29.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '26.5 "  N , 11 ° 17' 29.4"  E
Height:	695  m above sea level NHN

The Burgstall Fußstain describes an abandoned early medieval hilltop castle in a spur position at 695  m above sea level. NHN high and northwest-facing foothills of the "Stöcklesberg" near Hinterfeld, a district of the Habach community in the Weilheim-Schongau district in Bavaria .

The complex was probably founded as a refuge between 900 and 955 during the Hungarian invasions . Some references from the local historical literature point to the castle complex.

The castle complex probably consisted of a 10 by 18 meter core castle with a tower-shaped building (possibly a keep ) and a residential building. There was also a 12 by 18 meter forecourt. Both areas were protected by a two meter deep ring trench and by steep slopes in the north and west.

The circular moat is still preserved from the former castle complex.

Today the site is registered as a ground monument D-1-8233-0078 "Section fortification of the early Middle Ages" by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

Web links

• Entry on Wallburg Fußstain in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ^ Location of the Burgstall in the Bavaria Atlas
2. ↑ Helmut Burtscher, Josef Freisl: Other castles. Foot stain. In: The castles around Habach. Habach community, February 15, 2009, accessed on August 13, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Stronghold 7 - Fußstain Castle (Habach). In: Geocaching. Retrieved August 13, 2015 . 
4. ↑ List of monuments for Habach (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 130 kB)