Heidenschlössle

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Heidenschlössle
Alternative name (s): Bürgle, Birgle, Birkle
Creation time : 1200 to 1300
Conservation status: Remnants of trenches and walls
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Orsingen-Nenzingen
Geographical location 47 ° 49 '53.4 "  N , 8 ° 56' 54.6"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '53.4 "  N , 8 ° 56' 54.6"  E
Height: 445  m above sea level NN
Heidenschlössle (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Heidenschlössle

The Heidenschlössle , also known as Bürgle , Birgle or Birkle , is the ruin of a castle about 1300 meters southeast of the church in the Orsingen district of the Orsingen-Nenzingen municipality in the Konstanz district in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was probably built by the Lords of Orsingen in the 13th century and mentioned in 1618. Remnants of the wall and the neck moat are still preserved from the former castle complex .

literature

  • Michael Losse, Hans Noll, Michael Greuter (Eds.): Castles, palaces, fortresses in Hegau - fortifications and aristocratic residences in the western Lake Constance area . In: Hegau-Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Hegau-Bibliothek, Volume 109 . Michael Greuter Verlag, Hilzingen 2006, ISBN 3-938566-05-1 , p. 114.
  • Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Studies on weir systems between the young Danube and western Lake Constance . In: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 5 . Stuttgart 1978, ISSN  0178-3262 , pp. 87 and 162.