Wildensteiner Burg Hexenturm
| Hexenturm Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1100 to 1150 | |
| Castle type : | High castle, rocky location, valley slope | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Free nobles | |
| Construction: | Humpback cuboid, small cuboid, quarry stone | |
| Place: | Leibertingen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 3 '13.5 " N , 8 ° 59' 56.3" E | |
| Height: | 730 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Hexenturm is a tall medieval twin castle ruin freiadliger map that features a castle cave. The rock castle is located north of the community Leibertingen in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg , Germany . It is one of four castles that were built long before Wildenstein Castle .
location
Inaccessible on a steep cliff (approx. 770 m) are the remains of the former Upper Castle (Witches Tower) and those of the Lower Castle at approx. 730 m. Together they are located southwest of the Wildenstein Fortress (810 m).
investment
Small remains of the core masonry built with humpback blocks have been preserved from the Upper Castle . From the lower castle only remains of a wall and a large rock shaft survived on the steeply sloping north side. The courtyard of the Lower Castle has an opening to the castle cave in the east. It was also the core of the facility.
history
The remaining wall remnants of the Upper and Lower Castle bear the architectural features of different times, but a joint foundation between 1100 and 1150 cannot be ruled out.
The Lords of Wildenstein were first mentioned in the above-mentioned documents of the Salem Monastery between 1168 and 1174. The Upper Castle, the Witches' Tower, was built around 1200, presumably replacing a previous building. The new Wildenstein Castle was built in the 13th century, but the old castle was not given up as a residence until around 1400.
legend
According to legend , the castle, which was once built by the Wild von Wildenstein , served as a prison for the witchcraft of accused delinquents from the surrounding area during the witch hunt. If one can continue to believe the legend, the ramshackle bridge must have collapsed before an execution and the women died from starvation. It also says that the castle was shattered by lightning shortly afterwards.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Dating through reading pottery In: Forgotten Burgen der Schwäbische Alb . 1989
literature
- Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . 1989
- Bodo Ebhardt: Wehbau Europe . Volume 1. 1939
- Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Studies on weir systems between the young Danube and western Lake Constance . In: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 5 . Stuttgart 1978. ISSN 0178-3262
- Wilfried Pfefferkorn: Witches Tower on Wildenstein . In: Ders .: Rock castles in the upper Danube valley. Members of the state group Baden-Württemberg in the service of the inventory of difficult to access ruins . In: Castles and Palaces. Journal for Castle Research and Monument Preservation . No. 1, 1974. European Castle Institute - Establishment of the German Castle Association Braubach 1974. ISSN 0007-6201 . Pp. 19-27, here pp. 26f.
- Günter Schmitt : Wildenstein Castle Hexenturm . In: Ders .: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 3: Danube Valley. Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen . Biberach publishing house printing. Biberach 1990. ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , pp. 207-214
Web links
- Reconstruction drawing in the medieval state by Wolfgang Braun