Neidegg ruins
| Neidegg ruins | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1267 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Blaustein - Markbronn | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 24 '17.6 " N , 9 ° 51' 54.4" E | |
| Height: | 589.1 m above sea level NN | |
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The Neidegg ruin is the ruin of a hilltop castle on a rocky mountain edge at 589.1 m above sea level. NN high above the Blau in the Markbronn district of the municipality Blaustein in the Alb-Danube district in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The castle was built in the 13th century by the Lords of Neidegg, indirectly mentioned in 1267 and probably destroyed by the city of Ulm around 1480 . In the 15th century, a Nikolauskapelle was built on the castle area, which had already disappeared before 1830. Only a few remains of the walls of the castle can be seen.
literature
- Günter Schmitt : Neidegg . In: Ders .: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Volume 2: Alb Mitte-Süd - hiking and discovering between Ulm and Sigmaringen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1989, ISBN 3-924489-45-9 , pp. 33-36;