Landsöhr Castle (german: Burg Landsöhr), also called Landseer Castle (''Burg Landseer'') or Bertaburg, is a
lost
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Geography
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History
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spur castle
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on a northern spur, , of the
Kornberg near
Bad Boll
Bad Boll is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
In 1321, the County of Württemberg purchased title over Bad Boll and came to possess it ''de jure'', but it was ''de facto'' still controlled by a ...
in the county of
Göppingen
Göppingen ( Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the b ...
in
Baden-Württemberg
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.
The castle was probably built during the
Celtic period as a
refuge castle
A refuge castleCreighton, Oliver (2015). ''Early European Castles''. Bloomsbury. or refuge fort (german: Fliehburg, also ''Fluchtburg'', ''Volksburg'', ''Bauernburg'' or ''Vryburg'') is a castle-like defensive location, usually surrounded by ramp ...
. The present ''
burgstall
A ''burgstall'' is a German term referring to a castle of which so little is left that its appearance cannot effectively be reconstructed. '' 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.
''Bad Boll 2013''
at stauferstelen.net, retrieved 13 December 2013.
References
Literature
* 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, , pp. 321–326.
External links
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