Landsöhr Castle

Landsöhr Castle
Burg Landsöhr, Burg Landseer, Bertaburg
Bad Boll
The hollows on the hill spur
Landsöhr Castle is located in Baden-Württemberg
Landsöhr Castle
Landsöhr Castle
Landsöhr Castle is located in Germany
Landsöhr Castle
Landsöhr Castle
Coordinates48°37′24″N 9°37′38″E / 48.623265°N 9.627317°E / 48.623265; 9.627317
Typehill castle, spur castle
CodeDE-BW
Height739.2 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Conditionburgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Builtfirst recorded in 1502

Landsöhr Castle (German: Burg Landsöhr), also called Landseer Castle (Burg Landseer) or Bertaburg, is a lost spur castle on a northern spur, 739.2 m above sea level (NHN), of the Kornberg[1] near Bad Boll in the county of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg.

The castle was probably built during the Celtic period as a refuge castle. The present burgstall only consists of two hollows between which the castle was probably located.

In the 12th century Berta von Boll, a sister of King Conrad III, is supposed to have had her dower seat here.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  2. ^ Bad Boll 2013 at stauferstelen.net, retrieved 13 December 2013.

Literature

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  • Konrad Albrecht Koch: Burgenkundliche Beiträge zum Oberamt Göppingen. In: Blätter des Schwäbischen Albvereins. 1926.
  • Hartwig Zürn: Boll. In: Die vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Geländedenkmale und die mittelalterlichen Burgstellen der Kreise Göppingen und Ulm. 1961.
  • Günter Schmitt: Landsöhr (Bertaburg). In: Derselbe: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Band 1 – Nordost-Alb: Wandern und entdecken zwischen Aalen und Aichelberg. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß, 1988, ISBN 3-924489-39-4, pp. 321–326.
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