Unterscheffach moated castle

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Unterscheffach moated castle
The remains of the moat in the foreground, Unterscheffach and the All Saints Chapel in the background

The remains of the moat in the foreground, Unterscheffach and the All Saints Chapel in the background

Creation time : around 1085
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Wolpertshausen - Unterscheffach
Geographical location 49 ° 8 '23.1 "  N , 9 ° 51' 7.7"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '23.1 "  N , 9 ° 51' 7.7"  E
Height: 285  m above sea level NHN

The moated castle Unterscheffach is a lost moated castle south below the Kirchstrasse of the village of Unterscheffach in the municipality Wolpertshausen in the district Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

The moated castle, probably a motte (tower hill castle), was built in the 11th century by the Lords of Scheffach, mentioned in 1085 and destroyed before the middle of the 16th century. Only a remnant of a moat is left of the former castle complex .

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 , pp. 276-277.

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