Molkenstein Castle

Molkenstein Castle
Creation time :	15th century
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Burgstall, remains of a moat
Place:	Michelfeld -Molkenstein
Geographical location	49 ° 5 '25.3 "  N , 9 ° 39' 30.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '25.3 "  N , 9 ° 39' 30.4"  E
Height:	380  m above sea level NN

The castle whey Stone is an Outbound Wasserburg in today's district whey Stein (house no. 1c) of the community Michelfeld in Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

From the former water castle of the gentlemen mentioned 1,442 whey stone in the area of Einzelhofstelle approximately 1.7 kilometers southwest of the center of the village Michelfeld bear witness to grave remains ; the left upper course of the Herrenbach , which drains to the beaver, runs through an approximately 5  ares large pond. In 1523 the Haller fiefdom was owned by Wilhelm von Wittstatt and Sigmund von Morstein .

literature

• Alois Schneider: The castles in the Schwäbisch Hall district - an inventory . ( Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg , Volume 18). Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1228-7 , pp. 158-159.

Web links

• Entry on Molkenstein moated castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alois Schneider: The castles in the Schwäbisch Hall district - an inventory , p. 158
2. ↑ Molkenstein at leo-bw