Altdischingen Castle

Altdischingen Castle
Burg Altdischingen
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Near Weilimdorf in Germany
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Altdischingen Castle
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates 48°47′39.14″N 9°6′52.29″E / 48.7942056°N 9.1145250°E / 48.7942056; 9.1145250Coordinates: 48°47′39.14″N 9°6′52.29″E / 48.7942056°N 9.1145250°E / 48.7942056; 9.1145250
Type Castle (Burgstall)
Site information
Condition Ruined
Site history
Built 11th Century
In use 12th Century

Altdischingen Castle, also called the "Old Castle" is a former (Burgstall) hilltop castle around 400 m (437.45 yd) above sea level in the Solitude state forest range of Weilimdorf, a district incorporated into Baden-Württemberg's capital Stuttgart in 1933.[1]

The Hill castle situated 400 m (437.45 yd) south of Dischingen Castle had only been built at the end of the 11th Century and was destroyed in the mid 12th Century.

The former castle had an area of approximately 25 by 40 m (27.34 by 43.74 yd). The site is bounded by a ravine on the south, by a 2.5 to 3 m (2.73 to 3.28 yd) deep trench to the north and the east side. In front of this main ditch is an additional wall in the north and east with its own 1 m (1.09 yd) deep trench. No visible parts of the walls and buildings have been preserved above ground.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Burgen, Schlösser, Adelssitze und Wehrbauten Stadt Stuttgart". Alleburgen.de. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Burgruine in Weilimdorf: Zustand der Burg Dischingen - Weilimdorf - Stuttgarter Zeitung". Stuttgarter-zeitung.de. Retrieved January 13, 2017.

References

  • ^ Bucher Gruppe (July 2010). Ehemalige Burganlage in Stuttgart: Burg Wirtemberg, Burgstall Weißenburg, Heidenburg, Ruine Engelburg, Burg Freienstein, Wasserburg Berg. General Books LLC. ISBN 978-1-158-94759-1.
  • Gerhard Wein: Die mittelalterlichen Burgen im Gebiet der Stadt Stuttgart, 2. Volume: Die Burgen in den Stadtteilen Solitude, Feuerbach, Cannstatt, Berg und Gaisburg. Stuttgart 1971.
  • Hartwig Zürn: Die vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Geländedenkmale und die mittelalterlichen Burgstellen des Stadtkreises Stuttgart und der Kreise Böblingen, Esslingen und Nürtingen. Verlag Silberburg, Stuttgart 1956, P. 11.
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