Eschenau tower hill

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Eschenau tower hill
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Hill castle, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall, tower hill
Place: Pittenhart - Eschenau
Geographical location 47 ° 57 '23.5 "  N , 12 ° 24' 10.6"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '23.5 "  N , 12 ° 24' 10.6"  E
Height: 530  m above sea level NHN
Eschenau Tower Hill (Bavaria)
Eschenau tower hill

The Tower Hill Eschenau is an Outbound medieval hilltop castle from the type of a motte (moth) at 530  m above sea level. NHN in the corridor "Im Hag" 580 meters northeast of Eschenau , a district of the municipality of Pittenhart in the Traunstein district in Bavaria .

From the former moth enclosure on a moraine hill with steep slopes, formerly probably protected by a ditch and moor areas, the tower hill is still preserved. The Burgstall is now a ground monument .

literature

  • Gotthard Kießling: The castles and palaces in the Traunstein district . In: Wartburg Society for Research into Castles and Palaces e. V. (Ed.): Castles in the Alps . From the series: Research on Castles and Palaces, Volume 14. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-760-9 , p. 76.
  • Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 260 .

Web links

  • Entry on Eschenau in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gotthard Kießling: The castles and palaces in the Traunstein district , p. 76.