Hilleck tower hill

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Hilleck tower hill
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 Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '3 "  N , 12 ° 34' 14.5"  E
Height: 590  m above sea level NHN
Hilleck tower hill (Bavaria)
Hilleck tower hill

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".