Spielberg Castle Stables

Spielberg Castle Stables
Creation time :	High medieval
Castle type :	Hill castle, moth
Conservation status:	Burgstall, tower hill
Place:	Bad Windsheim - Rüdisbronn - "Spielberg"
Geographical location	49 ° 34 '16.3 "  N , 10 ° 26' 32.5"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '16.3 "  N , 10 ° 26' 32.5"  E
Height:	420.6  m above sea level NHN

The Postal Spielberg is an Outbound High Middle Höhenburg the type of a Turmhügelburg (moth) on the 420.6  m above sea level. NHN high Spielberg about 900 meters northeast of Rüdisbronn , a current district of Bad Windsheim in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria .

The castle hill

The castle complex on the Spielberg was probably founded in the 10th century. 1357 is mentioned as the owner of the castle a Brendelin of Seinsheim and the castle as Postal designated around which legends have grown such. B. the legend of three virgins who guard a treasure on Spielberg together with a black dog.

The tower hill is still preserved from the oval section fortification with moat, which becomes the neck moat to the east .

In 2014 the 7 m high Kunigundenturm was built on the hill , a wooden observation tower standing on a stone base .

See also : List of German hill towers

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
• Hans Karlmann Ramisch: Uffenheim district (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 22 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1966, DNB  457879262 , p. 178 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ↑ Rüdisbronn at mgoesswein.de
3. ↑ Entry on Spielberg Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
4. ↑ The new Kunigundenturm on the private website mgoesswein.de