Burg Katzenstein
Katzenstein Castle
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| (German: Burg Katzenstein) | |
| Dischingen, Heidenheim in Germany | |
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Aerial view
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 Burg Katzenstein
Location in Baden-Württemberg
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| Coordinates | 48°43′25″N 10°23′30″E / 48.72361°N 10.39167°ECoordinates: 48°43′25″N 10°23′30″E / 48.72361°N 10.39167°E |
| Type | Castle |
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| Open to the public |
Yes |
| Condition | Standing |
| Website | www |
| Site history | |
| Built | 11th Century |
| Built by | House of Hohenstaufen |
| In use | 1099-1939 |
| Materials | Stone |
| Fate | Privately owned since 1939 |
Katzenstein Castle is one of the oldest remaining Hohenstaufen castles in Germany. It is located in a borough that shares its name with the castle in the Dischingen municipality of the Heidenheim district of Baden-Württemberg. The castle is open to visitors and contains several dining rooms as well as hotel rooms.
This hill castle is located in the valley of a tributary of the Egau river on the Härtsfeld in Heidenheim district near an old Roman road running from Faimingen in Lauingen to Bopfingen known as the Frankensträßle (English: Frankish avenue). Burg Katzenstein is located 538 metres (1,765 ft) above sea level.
In 1099 the Lords von Cassenstein were first mentioned. The family was a Ministerialis or unfree knight family in the service of the Graf (or Count) von Dillingen. In 1262 Edlen von Hürnheim was listed as the owner of the castle von Katzenstein when it was sold by Hermann von Hürnheim-Katzenstein.
Ownership changed again in 1354 when the Graf von Oettingen acquired the castle. He quickly pawned the castle on the Graf von Helfenstein, who gave the castle to Berthold von Westerstetten in 1382. In 1572 the Katzenstein line wiped out the Westerstetten line. The inheritance of the Westerstetten family was sold again to the von Oettingen family.
The castle was burned to the ground by French soldiers in 1648, at the end of the Thirty Years' War. The castle was rebuilt in 1669.
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