Burgstall Kottenheim

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Burgstall Kottenheim
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Nordheim market - Kottenheim
Geographical location 49 ° 35 '42.5 "  N , 10 ° 21' 29.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '42.5 "  N , 10 ° 21' 29.6"  E
Burgstall Kottenheim (Bavaria)
Burgstall Kottenheim

The Burgstall Kottenheim is an abandoned medieval Niederungsburg northwest of Kottenheim , a current district of the market town of Markt Nordheim in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria .

A relatively large tower hill has been preserved from the former castle complex. The originally aristocratic, "noble-free" lords of Kottenheim on the 11th and 12th were certainly sitting here. Century. Their successors in possession were ministerials of the same name or the knights "von Seinsheim". In the 13th century, the owners of Kottenheim moved their castle seat, strategically improved and in line with the fashion of the time, upwards and built the Hohenkottenheim castle southwest of Markt Nordheim , which was one of the most important family seats of the Seinsheim until the middle of the 16th century was.

literature

  • Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Jürgen Schabel, Sabine Kothes: Palaces and castles in Middle Franconia. A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Central Franconian independent cities and districts . Verlag A. Hoffmann, Nuremberg 1993, ISBN 3-87191-186-0

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