CastleLauterach - Reichenstein

Reichenstein Castle

The Tower can be visited

Reichenstein Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 585 m above sea level on a valley slope of the Große Lauter near the Reichenstein district of the municipality of Lauterach in the Alb-Donau-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg.

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The castle was built in the Staufer period, from which remains of ashlar blocks still originate, between 1230 and 1250 and was assigned by the Counts of Wartstein as a vassal castle to the Lords of Stain.

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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: Dr. Eugen Lehle · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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