Burgstall Stockenfels

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Burgstall Stockenfels
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Creation time : medieval
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Place: Fischbach (Nittenau) - Nittenau
Geographical location 49 ° 13 '36 "  N , 12 ° 10' 21"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '36 "  N , 12 ° 10' 21"  E
Height: 455  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Stockenfels (Bavaria)
Burgstall Stockenfels

The Postal Stockenfels is an Outbound medieval hilltop castle in the district Fischbach of the Upper Palatinate town of Nittenau in the district of Schwandorf of Bavaria . The Burgstall is located 200 m north of the Stockenfels castle ruins .

description

A ridge extending north-south is divided into two knolls by a deep incision, presumably a former neck ditch , on the south lies the Stockenfels castle ruins, on the north the Stockenfels castle stalls. The north side connects to the hinterland over moderate slopes. A ditch running in a slight arch with a wall in front of the building secures access here in an east-west direction. In the south follows a second wall with an inner ditch; a narrow curved trench surrounds a low podium measuring 10 × 8 m in the northeast corner. The complex is interpreted as the forerunner of Stockenfels Castle or as an outwork of the castle.

literature

  • Armin Stroh : The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate. (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 3). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-5030-3 , p. 284.