Menburg Castle Stables

Menburg Castle Stables
Burgstall Menburg - view to the south
Creation time :	probably 11th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, remains of a moat
Place:	Raisting - "Schlossberg"
Geographical location	47 ° 54 '24.3 "  N , 11 ° 5' 5.6"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '24.3 "  N , 11 ° 5' 5.6"  E
Height:	570  m above sea level NN

The Burgstall Menburg refers to an abandoned high medieval hill castle at 570  m above sea level. NN in the spur of the Schlossberg west above the Michelbach and 2000 meters west of Raisting in the district of Weilheim-Schongau in Bavaria . The castle, mentioned in 1190, whose ownership has not been clarified, was probably built in the 11th century. In ancient writings, a “Pobowin von Raisting” and 1147 a “Gotebol de Raistingen” are mentioned in 1145, which suggests a count's seat of the Guelphs , presumably to control the road from Lech to Raisting. Today the site is registered as a ground monument D-1-8032-0073 "Burgstall of the high and late Middle Ages (" Menburg ")" by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

An old Roman road from Epfach to Erling runs not far from the castle .

The castle stable of the former small section castle protected by the Michelbach in the east, south-east and north-east shows a depression on the castle plateau that suggests a round tower , in the west and south-west remains of moats and a ditch carved into the south slope.

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  View from the Raisting – Stillern road to the hill with the Burgstall (right half of the picture)

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  The Michelbach east below the former castle complex

Web links

• Menburg at geocaching.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Location of the Burgstall in the Bavaria Atlas
2. ↑ List of monuments for Raisting (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 130 kB)