Burgstall waving

Burgstall waving
Creation time :	Medieval
Castle type :	Höhenburg, slope spur
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Aalen -Röthardt
Geographical location	48 ° 51 '12 "  N , 10 ° 8' 38.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '12 "  N , 10 ° 8' 38.7"  E
Height:	625  m above sea level NN

The Postal Wave is an Outbound medieval hilltop castle at 625  m above sea level. NN on a slope terrace above the Hirschbach near today's Röthardt residential area ( Wasseralfingen district ) in the city of Aalen in the Ostalb district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

Coat of arms of the Winkentaler after Gustav Adelbert Seyler

The castle, of which no documentary records are known, was built by the Lords of Winken, who also referred to themselves as von den Winken and von Winkental. Later they are proven as citizens of the city of Aalen. In 1439 Fritz von Winkental sold the Sauerhof in what was then the Hohenstaufen community . In 1481 Georg von Winkental was given the Urbach Castle as a fief, which he sold again in 1501.

description

The two-part castle complex on a slope spur was divided into a 33 by 40 meter core castle and a 30 by 45 meter outer bailey to the south of it . The outer bailey or fortification is cut off from the fore area by a straight trench with a flattened wall behind it. Structural remains of former buildings can no longer be seen there. This area is delimited to the main castle by a second, angled section trench . This trench is three to four meters deep and runs straight to the east from the mountain slope in the west, turns around 40 meters to the north and ends again on the slope. At both ends of the trench, mounds of debris can still be seen, signs of the artificial origin of the trench.

The main castle, whose entrance was probably on the southwest corner, has a step on its west side, possibly a castle courtyard was located here. Another, smaller step in the north of the core castle could indicate a kennel . The only indications that point to earlier buildings are a rubble mound on the eastern edge and a seven by nine meter and 3.5 meter deep basin on the northwest corner of the main castle.

literature

• Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 6 - Ostalb: Hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1995, ISBN 3-924489-74-2 , pp. 245–248.

Web links

• Entry on Burgstelle Winken in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Volume 6 - Ostalb: Hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth , p. 248
2. ↑ Source description: Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Volume 6 - Ostalb: Hiking and discovering between Ulm, Aalen and Donauwörth , p. 248