Lichteneck ruins (Weilheim an der Teck)

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Lichteneck ruins
Creation time : around 1282
Castle type : Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Neidlinger local aristocratic castle
Construction: Ashlar masonry
Place: Weilheim an der Teck -Hepsisau
Geographical location 48 ° 34 '45.5 "  N , 9 ° 31' 54.5"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '45.5 "  N , 9 ° 31' 54.5"  E
Height: 615  m above sea level NN

The ruins Lichteneck is an Outbound hilltop castle on 615  m above sea level. NN near the district of Hepsisau in the city of Weilheim an der Teck in the Esslingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

From the castle built in the 13th century by Marquard von Neidlingen, mentioned for the first time in 1282 and dilapidated in 1504, only small remains of ashlar masonry remain.

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 4: Alb Mitte-Nord - hiking and discovering between Aichelberg and Reutlingen. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0 , pp. 75-80.