Hassenberg ruins

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Hassenberg Castle
Alternative name (s): Hassenburg, rabbit wall
Creation time : 1300 to 1400
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Wall remains
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Riedlingen- Zwiefaltendorf
Geographical location 48 ° 12 '47.2 "  N , 9 ° 31' 13.4"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '47.2 "  N , 9 ° 31' 13.4"  E
Height: 550  m above sea level NN

The castle Hassberg , even hatred castle or rabbits wall called, is the ruins of a hilltop castle on a 550  m above sea level. NN high mountain corner above the Danube valley in the district of Zwiefaltendorf in the city of Riedlingen in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle, built by the Lords of Zwiefaltendorf in the middle of the 14th century, was destroyed around 1393 and demolished in 1660. Remains of the surrounding walls are still preserved from the former castle complex .

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Hassenberg . In: Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische 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. 259-262.