Eppenburg ruins
| Eppenburg | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Eberhardsburg | |
| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, remains of the wall | |
| Construction: | Humpback block masonry | |
| Place: | Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 9 '9.1 " N , 9 ° 6' 24.7" E | |
| Height: | 690 m above sea level NHN | |
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The ruins Eppenburg is an Outbound Spur castle on 690 m above sea level. NN northeast of Frohnstetten (field name "Eppenburg"), a district of the municipality of Stetten am kalten Markt in the district of Sigmaringen ( Baden-Württemberg ).
The castle lies on an east spur about 20 m above the valley floor of the Schmeie and was built in the 12th century by the Lords of Frohnstetten, who were first mentioned in 1246 with Heinrich von Frohnstetten . The Lords of Westerstetten are named as other local and castle lords. The castle was destroyed in the 15th to 16th centuries, and today only a few remains of the wall are evidence of it.
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 5 - West Alb: Hiking and discovering between Reutlingen and Spaichingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1993, ISBN 3-924489-65-3 , pp. 241-244.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Volume 5 - Westalb: Hiking and discovering between Reutlingen and Spaichingen , p. 243
- ↑ Frohnstetten at leo-bw.de
- ^ Entry on Eppenburg in the private database "Alle Burgen".