Hasenfratz ruins

Hasenfratz ruins
Hasenfratz Ruin (2017)
Alternative name (s):	Frazenhas, castle tower ruins, Schirmberg Castle (?)
Creation time :	around 1150
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Keep, remains of the wall
Construction:	Quarry stone and ashlar masonry
Place:	Burladingen - Gauselfingen
Geographical location	48 ° 16 '33.6 "  N , 9 ° 9' 14.8"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '33.6 "  N , 9 ° 9' 14.8"  E
Height:	839  m above sea level NN

The Hasenfratz ruin , also known as Frazenhas or Burgturm ruin on maps , is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 839  m above sea level. NN high hilltop near Gauselfingen , a district of Burladingen in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

Floor plan of the Hasenfratz ruin

The castle, whose builders and residents are unknown, was built around 1150 and abandoned around 1250. From the former castle complex, which had a core castle with a keep , another building, at least one moat and a rampart, the ruins of the keep and remains of the wall are still preserved.

literature

• Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , pp. 64-65.
• 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. 155-160.
• Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 235-238.
• Günter Schmitt: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalb district . Published by the Zollernalbkreis district office, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0186-6 , pp. 128-131.

Web links

Commons : Ruine Hasenfratz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Hasenfratz Castle at burgenwelt.org