The castle stable rough from lies on the Thannhalde directly over the former monastery Christian garden in the with in Bavarian swabia. A roomy fore-castle is pre-aged to the high-medieval tower hill in the north

History

In the year 1238 the castle is mentioned for the first time as "“castrum "“in the possession of a collateral line of the Mr. von . Already around 1262 the family of rough from on the castle cat stone moved away. There this branch expired 1419 with George von Rauhaus Katzenstein. The castle place rough from was left open. Parts of the fore-castle are in the west a slope slide to the victim please. Today the castle stable lies in the midst of a private game enclosure, is however freely accessible.

Description

The castle stable lies about 50 meters over the monastery on a hill spur dropping steeply after three sides. In the north a double, broken barrier system protects the plant of approximately 135 m length. This double barrier is kept still up to 1.7 meters high. The barrier gap in the center is a modern way break-through.

The west flank of the swept fore-castle actual possibly already in the high Middle Ages - slipped. Northward the double barrier puts itself forward, which runs out within the fore-castle arc-shaped far and before the tower hill into a short neck ditch.

The earth cone of the main castle rises today still about 13 meters over the area. The summit plateau measures about 27: 20 meters.

Whether the tower hill was later inserted into an older castle plant or the fore-castle developed at the same time with the moth, cannot be decided with security. The gate seems to have lain northwest before the tower hill. Here one - up to 20 meters broad - is submitted to the earth cone terrace. In the east this terrace is only about two meters wide and makes the entrance possible to the fore-castle.

The overall length of the plant amounts to from north to south approximately 230 m, the terrace of the main castle measures about 60 x of 60 meters.

Literature

• Hans's free, Krahe: Archaeological migrations in the Ries. (Leaders to archaeological monuments in Bavaria, Swabia, 2). Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-8082-0230-3

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