Burgstall Heidenschlössle

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Burgstall Heidenschlössle
Alternative name (s): Deilingen Castle, Hausen Castle, Weilen Castle under the gutters
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Castle stable, neck ditch and small remains of walls have been preserved
Place: While under the gutters
Geographical location 48 ° 10 '54.8 "  N , 8 ° 46' 41.6"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '54.8 "  N , 8 ° 46' 41.6"  E
Height: 810  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Heidenschlössle (Baden-Württemberg)
Burgstall Heidenschlössle

The castle Heide Schlössle , including Castle Deilingen , Burghausen or castle meantime under the gutters called, is a Outbound hilltop castle on 810  m above sea level. NHN about 1150 meters southeast of the church of Weilen unter den Rinnen in the Zollernalb district and 300 meters north of the outskirts of Deilingen in the district of Tuttlingen ( Baden-Württemberg ).

Known among the residents of Deilingen is the saying "child from the mountain", which is said to go back to a red-haired ruler of the castle. He is said to have insisted on the ius primae noctis , whereby children who were conceived by him stood out as his offspring because of their red hair, that is, came "from the mountain".

Today's castle stable of the former castle complex still shows the neck ditch and rubble.

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalb district . Published by the Zollernalbkreis district office, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0186-6 , pp. 361–363.
  • 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. 363-366.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Schmitt: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalb district , p. 361ff.