The high-medieval castle stable high stone lies to the west of until singing over the local part high stone in the district Dillingen at the Danube in Bavarian swabia. The master seat of the Mr. von Hochstein disappeared today up to area-pure and rock processings. The baroque chapel at the castle place originates from that 17. Century.

History

The Hochsteiner was service men of the noble-free Mr. von Hohenburg. A Utto of high stone was mentioned for the first time around 1140.

1267 sat already a branch of the family of high castle on the Veste.

Already 1271 arrived the rule into the possession of the powerful counts von Oettingen. The castle was assigned to service people. 1410 sat about of stone home on the high stone.

1455 might have been already uninhabited the castle. In this year acquired Hans give from giving stone the rule.

The Schenkensteiner was pleased around 1500 a new lock behind castle rock. The old castle plant should be burned down briefly before.

The lock was probably destroyed in the war. Center 17. Century builds one the pc. Margareten chapel on castle rock.

Description

The angular castle rock is high up to 15 m. Mountain-laterally a roomy fore-castle was pre-aged to the main castle on the rock plateau. The area of this fore-castle is however changed by today's covering strongly.

Approximately 10 m under the core castle a slope terrace runs three-laterally around rock. This area paragraph is eastward fore-castle-like extended. An earth ramp makes here the ascent possible to the chapel and to the castle plateau.

The entrance to the rock plateau is since that 17. Century with the pc. - Margareten chapel covers. The passage is korbbogig over-curved, right beside it leads some stairway steps to the entrance of the chapel. The white limewashed Sakralbau is by a ridge turret over the Giebel of the saddle roof. The choir is polygonally closed and by slim is broken through. The altar comes from the construction period, at the walls hangs seven Votivtafeln 18. and 19. Century.

The 40 m over the torrent valley lying castle stable (480 m) is freely accessible.

Literature

• The art monuments by Bavaria, VII, Swabia, district Dillingen at the Danube. - Munich, 1972. - ISBN 3-486-43541-8
• Schmitt: Castle leader Swabian Alb, volume 6, Ostalb. - Beaver oh, 1995. - ISBN 3-924489-74-2

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