Turmberg ruins (Aichelberg)

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Turmberg ruin
View of the Aichel and Turmberg. In the foreground the community of Aichelberg

View of the Aichel and Turmberg. In the foreground the community of Aichelberg

Creation time : around 1200
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Wall remains, trench
Standing position : Nobles, counts
Place: Aichelberg
Geographical location 48 ° 37 '54 "  N , 9 ° 34' 21"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '54 "  N , 9 ° 34' 21"  E
Height: 608.8  m above sea level NN
Turmberg ruins (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Turmberg ruin

The Turmberg ruin is the ruin of a hilltop castle 500 meters southeast of Aichelberg near Bad Boll in the Göppingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

Geographical location

The castle is located at 608.8  m above sea level. NN above the village on the ridge of the tower of the same name, south of the Aichelberg, a mountain in the Swabian Alb . Below the ruins is Aichelberg Castle , built on the Aichelberg in 1210, above the town of Aichelberg of the same name. Both Aichelberg and Turmberg are modeled remains of former volcanic chimneys of the Swabian volcano .

history

Turmberg Castle was built around 1200 by the Lords of Aichelberg , came into the possession of the Counts of Württemberg in 1334 , fell into disrepair and later became the property of the State of Baden-Württemberg.

description

Wall and moat remains of the former complex , as well as small remains of the core masonry, can still be seen. The castle site, which is surrounded by a moat and is now freely accessible, has a diameter of around 10 to 15 meters. A square tower, probably the keep , in the northern area of ​​the complex took up a square base area of ​​8 to 10 meters on a side.

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Volume 4: Alb Mitte-Nord - Hiking and discovering between Aichelberg and Reutlingen . Verlag Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0 , pp. 9-14.
  • Sophie Stelzle-Hüglin, Michael Strobel, Andreas Thiel, Inken Vogt (arrangement): Archaeological monuments in Baden-Württemberg . Published by the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office and the Baden-Württemberg State Surveying Office, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-89021-717-6 , p. 12.

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