Alt-Ehrenfels ruins
| Alt-Ehrenfels ruins | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Ehrenfels | |
| Creation time : | 1200 to 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Remains of the keep | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Hayingen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 16 '12.4 " N , 9 ° 27' 0.7" E | |
| Height: | 610 m above sea level NN | |
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The ruins of Alt-Ehrenfels , also known as Ehrenfels , are the ruins of a hilltop castle at 610 m above sea level. NN at the exit of the Schweiftal, 2100 meters west of the town of Hayingen near Ehrenfels Castle in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle was built in the 13th century by the lords of Ehrenfels, an Anselm von Ehrenfels was mentioned in 1257. Later owners of the castle were the Lords of Gundelfingen . Since the castle later served as a shelter for robbers, it was destroyed in 1516 by troops from the Zwiefalten monastery . The remnants of a round keep with a diameter of 7 meters and small remains of a neck ditch are still preserved from the former castle complex .
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 2 - Alb Middle South: Hiking and discovering between Ulm and Sigmaringen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1989, ISBN 3-924489-45-9 , pp. 287-292.
- Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .
Web links
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun