Untermünkheim moated castle

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Untermünkheim moated castle
Creation time : around 1216
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Castle stable with castle hill and moats
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Untermünkheim
Geographical location 49 ° 9 '3.3 "  N , 9 ° 44' 12.3"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '3.3 "  N , 9 ° 44' 12.3"  E
Height: 260  m above sea level NN

The Wasserburg Untermünkheim is a moated castle near the municipality of Untermünkheim in the Schwäbisch Hall district in Baden-Württemberg .

The Motte (tower hill castle) with cellar was probably built by the Lords of Münkheim to monitor a ford over the cooker . The castle was mentioned in 1216 and destroyed before the 15th century. In 1564 a bridge was built at the place of the ford, at that time the castle was already in ruins . Today the castle stable still shows the castle hill and moat .

literature

  • Alois Schneider: The castles in the Schwäbisch Hall district - an inventory . ( Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 18). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1228-7 , p. 251.