Wildenstein Castle (Leibertingen)

Wildenstein Castle
Leibertingen, Germany
View of the fortified castle from the "Bandfelsen"
Wildenstein Castle Show map of Baden-Württemberg Wildenstein Castle Show map of Germany
Coordinates	48°03′19.48″N 9°00′2.9″E / 48.0554111°N 9.000806°E / 48.0554111; 9.000806
Site information
Owner	Das Deutsche Jugendherbergswerk
Site history
Built	c. 1200 – 1300
Built by	Herren von Wildenstein, Anselm von Justingen, Werner von Zimmern d. J.

Burg Wildenstein (Leibertingen), a fortified spur castle, built between 1200 and 1300 A.D., is situated above the Danube break-through at the Swabian Alb in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It functions now as a hostel of the German Youth Hostel Association ("Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk").

See also

• List of forts
• List of castles in Baden-Württemberg

Further reading

• The Zimmern Chronicle
• Gunter Haug und Heinrich Güntner: Burg Wildenstein über dem Tal der jungen Donau. DRW-Verlag. Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2001. ISBN 3-87181-464-4
• Otto Piper: Burgenkunde, Bauwesen und Geschichte der Burgen. München 1912. Nachdruck, Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg, 1993. ISBN 3-89350-554-7
• Günter Schmitt: Wildenstein und Leibertinger Ortsburg. In: Derselbe: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Band 3: Donautal. Wandern und entdecken zwischen Sigmaringen und Tuttlingen. S. 181–200. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei. Biberach 1990. ISBN 3-924489-50-5

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wildenstein.

• The Sigenot wall painting in the main building of the Burg Wildenstein (photos, plans, literature and historical background information).
• Youth hostel Burg Wildenstein
• Photos, showing some aerial images.

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