Haimburg ruins
| Haimburg ruins | ||
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 Haimburg ruins - view of the north corner of the shield wall |
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| Alternative name (s): | Homburg, Homberg, Hainberg, Hainburg | |
| Creation time : | 1275 to 1325 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Shield wall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Grosselfingen -Oberer Homburgerhof | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 20 '0.1 " N , 8 ° 51' 24.3" E | |
| Height: | 530 m above sea level NN | |
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The Haimburg ruin , also called Homburg , Homberg , Hainberg or Hainburg , is a ruin of a hilltop castle at the end of 530 m above sea level. NN high protruding mountain tongue above the steep drop to the Eyachtal 2.5 kilometers west of the Baden-Württemberg community Grosselfingen in the Zollernalb district .
The castle was built from 1275 to 1325 by Count Friedrich VI. Count von Zollern built and mentioned in 1344, then destroyed. In 1420 it was rebuilt by Konrad von Bubenhofen and still used in 1465.
Remains of the shield wall , the neck ditch and the two polygonal ring walls are still preserved from the small complex .
The ruin is privately owned and may no longer be visited due to the risk of collapse for safety reasons.
literature
- Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X .
- Jürgen Meyer: Hainburg. The forgotten Zollerreich . In: Ders .: On the trail of legends. Historical mysteries between the Neckar and the Alb . Verlag Oertel + Spörer, Reutlingen 2005, ISBN 3-88627-283-4 , pp. 97-104.
- Günter Schmitt , District Office Zollernalbkreis (Hrsg.): Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalbkreis . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0186-6 , pp. 190-194.
- Alexander Antonow: Castles of southwest Germany in the 13th and 14th centuries - with special consideration of the shield wall . Konkordia Verlag, Bühl / Baden 1977, ISBN 3-7826-0040-1 , pp. 161-162.
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