Unterwildenstein
| Unterwildenstein | ||
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 Unterwildenstein ruins - remains of a wall on the edge of the rock |
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| Creation time : | around 1200 to 1250 | |
| Castle type : | High castle, rocky location, valley slope | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Free nobles | |
| Place: | Leibertingen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 3 '23.5 " N , 9 ° 0' 0" E | |
| Height: | 730 m above sea level NN | |
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Unterwildenstein Castle is a high medieval castle ruin of free aristocracy north of the community of Leibertingen in the Baden-Württemberg district of Sigmaringen in Germany .
It is one of four castles that were built long before Wildenstein Castle .
Geographical location
The ruins of the rock castle are located northeast of the Altwildenstein ruins, not far from the so-called "Knight's Path" on an isolated rock ridge at an altitude of 730 m above sea level. NHN in the valley slope. The rock has a channel in the southwest and drops steeply to the northeast side.
history
The Unterwildenstein, presumably from the 12th century , cannot be clearly identified as a separate complex or as belonging to the Altwildenstein Castle above, as there are no documents. Only remnants of the wall point to the ruin lying on a rock rib, which has the special feature of a cave that extends about ten meters into the castle rock.
description
Remnants of the wall on the valley side of the rock have been preserved from the Unterwildenstein. A rock channel in front of the Burgplatz was walled up.
literature
- Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Ed .: Regional Council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation. Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 .
- Günter Schmitt : Altwildenstein and Unterwildenstein in "Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 3: Danube Valley. Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen" . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 .
- Christoph Bizer and Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW-Verlag , Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 .
- Stephan Uhl: Hunchbacks on castles . 1984.
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Remarks
- ↑ according to building dating