Burgstall Morsbach

Burgstall Morsbach
Alternative name (s):	Morsbach Castle
Creation time :	probably 12th century
Castle type :	Niederungsburg, moated castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Titting - Morsbach
Geographical location	49 ° 1 '13.2 "  N , 11 ° 15' 12.1"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '13.2 "  N , 11 ° 15' 12.1"  E
Height:	465  m above sea level NHN

The Burgstall Morsbach , also known as the castle , is a lost moated castle at 465  m above sea level. NHN at the location of the rectory (Schlossstrasse 14) 125 meters southeast of today's church in the Morsbach district of the Titting market in the Eichstätt district in Bavaria .

The castle was probably built in the 12th century by the Lords of Morsbach , also known as the "Morsbacher" or "Morsbecken", a family of Eichstätt ministers who were often mentioned in documents from the end of the 12th century . The rule came to the Hochstift Eichstätt in 1550.

Of the rectangular castle surrounded by a moat, there are probably still foundations of the former residential building in the two-storey square rectory. A partially filled dry trench still surrounds the former castle complex.

literature

• Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 79 .

Web links

• Entry on Morsbach in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Werner Meyer: Burgen in Oberbayern , p. 79.
2. ^ Burgstall in Morsbach at books.google.de