Hilleck tower hill
Hilleck tower hill | ||
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Creation time : | probably 12th century | |
Castle type : | Hill castle, moth | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall, tower hill, wall | |
Standing position : | Lower nobility | |
Place: | Chieming - Hilleck | |
Geographical location | 47 ° 56 '3 " N , 12 ° 34' 14.5" E | |
Height: | 590 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Tower Hill Hilleck is an Outbound medieval hilltop castle from the type of a motte (moth) at 590 m above sea level. NHN 400 meters north of Hilleck , a district of the Chieming municipality in the Traunstein district in Bavaria .
The lords of Hart , a noble family named between the 12th and 14th centuries, are named as owners of the castle, which was probably built in the 12th century .
The oval frustoconical tower hill with a horseshoe-shaped rampart is still preserved from the former moth enclosure . 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 eV (Hrsg.): Castles in the Alpine region . From the series: Research on Castles and Palaces, Volume 14. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-760-9 , p. 75.
- Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 259 .
Web links
- Entry on Hilleck in the private database "Alle Burgen".