Blankenstein ruins
| Blankenstein ruins | ||
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| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Parts of the keep | |
| Standing position : | Nobles, counts | |
| Place: | Gomadingen -Wasserstetten | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 21 '37.8 " N , 9 ° 25' 39.7" E | |
| Height: | 710 m above sea level NN | |
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The Blankenstein ruin is the ruin of a spur castle at 710 m above sea level. NN high spur of rock on the slope of Fountain Valley, a tributary of the Great Lauter , in which the district water Stetten the municipality Gomadingen in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The castle was built by the Lords of Blankenstein in the 12th century and Bertold von Blankenstein is mentioned in a document in 1182. The castle was owned by the noble free von Dapfen and the Counts of Württemberg .
On April 4, 1251, the marriage of another Berthold von Blankenstein to Elisabeth von Steinheim is approved by Pope Innocent IV . It should be noted that on the same day the Pope gave his approval to found a monastery in Steinheim an der Murr . Due to the fact that Elisabeth von Steinheim was already married once, it is assumed that the marriage permit had to be supported by the foundation of the monastery.
The castle fell into disrepair around 1442. In 1977 the rest of the keep was secured. In addition to the remainder of the keep on a surface area of around 7 by 7 meters, small remains of a rampart and a ditch have been preserved from the former castle complex .
literature
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb . Published by the regional council of Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 94-101.
- 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. 147–152.
- Wilfried Pfefferkorn: Blankenstein - Securing a ruined tower on the Swabian Alb . In: Deutsche Burgenvereinigung (Ed.): Burgen und Schlösser, Volume 20 . 1979, pp. 11-14.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "At the request of the Count of Württemberg, Pope Innocent IV allows Berthold von Blankenstein to marry Elisabeth von Steinheim", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume XI., No. N5602, page 484, Lyon, April 4, 1251. In: Landesarchiv Baden- Württemberg [accessed on February 18, 2017]
- ↑ "On the intercession of Count (Ulrich) von Württemberg, Pope Innocent IV instructs the provost of the church of Beutelsbach, the noble man Berthold von Blankenstein, the count's comrade, to incorporate the patronage rights of the church in Steinheim into that to be newly founded by Berthold Augustinian nunnery there ", Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume IV., No. 1196, Pages 263-264, Lyon, April 4, 1251. In: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg [accessed on February 18, 2017]