Rechtenstein ruins
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| Alternative name (s): | Stein Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Keep | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Right stone | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 14 '28.3 " N , 9 ° 32' 45.2" E | |
| Height: | 550 m above sea level NN | |
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The ruin Rechtenstein , also called Burg Stein , is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 550 m above sea level. NN high ridge directly on the Danube in a location above the municipality of Rechtenstein in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The castle was built in the 12th century by the Lords of Stain ; the Lords of Stain are first mentioned in 1156. In 1348 the castle had two castle buildings (double castle), which were inhabited by the lords von Stein and the lords von Rechtenstein. In the same year some parts of the castle collapse due to an earthquake, but they are immediately rebuilt. Around 1390 the castle became the property of the neighboring Reichenstein Castle , later it went to Count Eberhard von Württemberg and then back to the Lords of Stein. In 1791 parts of the castle were sold again and in 1817 the castle was demolished except for the keep . Today is the former main castle part of the community Rechtenstein and the former outer bailey privately owned. Until 1900 the tower housed a tower guard .
literature
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages. Floor plan lexicon . Special edition, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1 , p. 492.
- Günter Schmitt : Rechtenstein . 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. 247-254.
- Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .