Wuelstein ruins

Wuelstein ruins
Creation time :	unknown
Castle type :	Höhenburg, rocky location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, overgrown remains
Standing position :	Dukes
Place:	Lenningen- Krebsstein
Geographical location	48 ° 32 '18.6 " N , 9 ° 31' 2.3" E Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '18.6 " N , 9 ° 31' 2.3" E
Height:	714 m above sea level NN

The ruins Wuelstein is an Outbound rock castle south above the castle Hohen Gutenberg at 714 m above sea level. NN on the water rock near the district Krebsstein of Lenningen in the Esslingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

There is no documentary evidence of the origins of the castle; it was probably built as a control room and protective castle for Hohengutenberg Castle. The dukes of Teck are named as owners . It is mentioned as a castle stables as early as 1600 . It is owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg.

description

The freely accessible castle site has an irregular rectangular floor plan. Only overgrown remains of the core masonry and the neck ditch give evidence of the former castle complex .

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. 157-162.
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 .