Sirgenstein Castle

A moderately wooded area, with trees in the fore and background. Two stone earthen walls, on the left and right, fill the mid-ground. A gap separates the two sides due to deterioration.
Castle moat from the west

Sirgenstein Castle (German: Burgrest Sirgenstein) is a ruined castle on rock, over twenty metres high, with a cave inhabited in the Stone Age, the Sirgenstein, between the town of Blaubeuren and hamlet of Schelklingen in Alb-Donau-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg.

The rock castle was probably built in the 13th century. Today its visible remains include castle walls, rusticated ashlar blocks and a neck ditch.

Literature

  • Krahe, Friedrich-Wilhelm:castles in medieval Germany: Plan-lexicon. Würzburg: Verlag Flechsig, 2000 (ISBN 3-88189-360-1).
  • Schmitt, Gunter:Sirgenstein. In the same author:Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 2: Alb mid-South. Explore hiking and between Sigmaringen and Ulm. Biberach an der Riss: Biberach printing house, 1989, p. 75-78 (ISBN 3-924489-45-9).
  • Uhl, Stefan:CastlesSchelklingen Schelklingen. City Archives, 1991 (Schelklingen books, 18).

See also

48°23′15″N 9°45′37″E / 48.38750°N 9.76028°E / 48.38750; 9.76028

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