Burgstall Schlössle (Treuchtlingen)

Burgstall Schlössle
Alternative name (s):	Old citizens
Creation time :	probably 10th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, mountain corner
Conservation status:	Burgstall, walls preserved, badly disturbed by quarrying
Standing position :	presumably ministerial seat
Place:	Treuchtlingen - Hague - "Altenburg"
Geographical location	48 ° 56 '11.8 "  N , 10 ° 53' 44.5"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '11.8 "  N , 10 ° 53' 44.5"  E
Height:	468.6  m above sea level NN

The complex, referred to in maps as Burgstall Schlössle , but also as Alte Bürg , is an abandoned high medieval hilltop castle at 468.6  m above sea level. NN , which once rose on a mountain corner above the confluence of the Stegelgraben in the Möhrenbach . Today's Burgstall is located in a north-northeast direction about 850 meters from the center of the Treuchtlinger district Haag bei Treuchtlingen in the district of Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen in Bavaria , Germany . Today parts of the ramparts are still visible from the object, which is protected as a ground monument, and a large part of the castle stables is severely disturbed by a quarry.

history

Not much is known about the history of this castle complex, its origin is set in the 10th century, the construction of this complex follows that of the early Middle Ages . This makes it one of the early castles in the district. Allegedly, the castle belonged to the Lords of Kalantin since 1028 and was destroyed in 1263 by the Bavarian Duke Ludwig the Strict .

description

The Burgstall is located in the Altenburg corridor, on a corner of the mountain that slopes steeply to the north and east into the adjacent valleys. Around the southern half of the facility is today destroyed by a quarry. In the past, the castle site was protected by a 120 meter long and slightly outwardly curved wall, and a ditch was also built in front of it. The wall ran from the eastern to the northern steep slope, in its northwestern area the earlier entrance to the castle has also been preserved. This is formed there by the outer wall that bends at right angles to the east. After the passage opening, the wall then continues for a few meters following the sloping mountain slope to the northeast, making three right-angled bends.

The approximately 80 meter long inner surface no longer has any fortifications on the north and east sides. As can be seen from the cut through the quarry, the outer wall consisted of a mortar wall.

literature

• Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: Haag, City of Treuchtlingen: ramparts . In: Konrad Spindler (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 15: Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district - monuments and sites . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0504-3 , pp. 81-82.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: Haag, City of Treuchtlingen: Wallanlage . In: Konrad Spindler: Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 15: Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district - Monuments and sites , p. 81
2. ^ Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: Haag, City of Treuchtlingen: Wallanlage . In: Konrad Spindler: Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 15: Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district - Monuments and sites , p. 81