Tower castle Oberderdingen
| Tower castle Oberderdingen | |
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 Former tower castle (center), today church tower |
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| Creation time : | around 1250 |
| Castle type : | Location |
| Conservation status: | Residential tower (now church tower) |
| Standing position : | Noble Free |
| Place: | Oberderdingen |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 3 '39.7 " N , 8 ° 48' 1.3" E |
The tower castle Oberderdingen is a partially preserved castle in the core of the upper village of the municipality of Oberderdingen in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg . It is the only example of a tower castle in Kraichgau .
The tower castle was built around 1250 by the Counts of Oberderdingen and was owned by the Herrenalb monastery in the 13th century . From the former castle complex, the still-preserved residential tower is now used as a church tower.
literature
- Hartmut Riehl: Castles and palaces in the Kraichgau . 2nd edition, Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 1998, ISBN 3-929366-51-7 , p. 95.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hartmut Riehl: Castles and Palaces in Kraichgau , p. 95