Hohenjungingen ruins

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Hohenjungingen ruins
Alternative name (s): Jungingen, monkey lard
Creation time : 1100 to 1200
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: Digging, rubble, remains of walls
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Jungingen - "Bürgle"
Geographical location 48 ° 19 '9 "  N , 9 ° 2' 24"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '9 "  N , 9 ° 2' 24"  E
Height: 739.2  m above sea level NHN
Hohenjungingen ruins (Baden-Württemberg)
Hohenjungingen ruins

The Hohenjungingen ruin , also known as Jungingen or Affenschmalz , is the remainder of a hilltop castle at 739  m above sea level. NN high mountain cone, the "Bürgle", about 1000 meters south of the community of Jungingen in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

History and layout

The castle was probably built in the second half of the 12th century by the lords of Jungingen. In 1075 an Altrich von Jungingen was first mentioned with the place Jungingen. Around 1278 the castle went to the Order of St. John and around 1300 it came to Count Eberhard I of Württemberg . In 1311 the castle was destroyed in the city war of Reutlingen , whereby the village was also burned down. Excavations took place from 1952 to 1955.

In the castle there was a peak with a castle keep as residential tower on a base surface of 10.2 times 11.5 meters and a wall thickness of 1.5 meters. The complex also had a courtyard and a lower bailey .

literature

  • 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. 275-278.
  • 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. 251-253.
  • 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. 201-210.

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