Burgstall Hofberg (Schiltberg)

Hofberg Castle Stable
Alternative name (s):	Schiltberg Castle
Creation time :	probably around 1200
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Schiltberg
Geographical location	48 ° 27 '52 "  N , 11 ° 15' 21"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '52 "  N , 11 ° 15' 21"  E
Height:	503  m above sea level NHN

The Burgstall Hofberg , also known as Schiltberg Castle , describes an abandoned hilltop castle at 503  m above sea level. NHN in the east of the village of Schiltberg in the municipality of the same name in the Bavarian-Swabian district of Aichach-Friedberg .

history

On the 503 meter high elevation above the Weilach valley was a castle built by the Marschalken von Schiltberg around 1200 . Other sources date the construction time two hundred years earlier. The castle was destroyed around 1422 and the remains demolished in 1450. Traces of settlement in this place go back to the Neolithic Age .

Today the open-air stage of the Hofberg Open- Air Theater Association Schiltberg is located there .

Web links

• Photo and description of the theater

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry on Schiltberg (Hofberg) in the private database "Alle Burgen", accessed on February 5, 2015.
2. ↑ Schiltberg yesterday and today. Schiltberg community, accessed on February 5, 2015 .