Weiler cave castle (Heidenloch)
| Cave castle hamlet | |
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 Castle cave from the north |
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| Alternative name (s): | Heidenloch |
| Creation time : | 1100 to 1150 |
| Castle type : | Cave castle |
| Conservation status: | small remains of the wall |
| Standing position : | Nobles |
| Place: | Beuron -thiergarten |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 5 '36.8 " N , 9 ° 6' 27.9" E |
Weiler , also called Heidenloch , is the ruin of a cave castle near Thiergarten in the municipality of Beuron in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was built between 1100 and 1150 by the lords of Weiler and abandoned after being destroyed around 1367. Only small remains of the wall have survived from the former castle.
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Weiler (Heidenloch) . In: Ders .: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 3. Danube Valley. Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , pp. 115-120.
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan lexicon . Special edition. Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1 , p. 648.
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb . Konrad Theiss Verlag Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 346-348.
Web links
Commons : Höhlenburg Weiler, Beuron - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: The poacher at Heidenlocher-Weiher (legend) - sources and full texts
