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Tannenburg Castle
The Tannenburg, also called Tannenburg Castle, is a castle in the municipality of Bühlertann in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg. It is located on a mountain spur of the Ellwangen Mountains.
The Tannenburg is one of the best-preserved shield wall castles in Württemberg and rises about 100 meters above the Bühlertal valley, which flows about 1 kilometer further west.
The hilltop castle was probably built in the 11th to 12th century by the Ellwangen Abbey and mentioned in 1223 as an Ellwangen border fortress with the family of Tannenburg. From 1230 to 1240 the castle was expanded, destroyed at the end of the 14th century and rebuilt in 1398. Further expanded in the 16th century and 1822. In 1931, Ernst Zipperer senior acquired the castle, which has been owned by the Zipperer family ever since.
Today, the Tannenburg serves as a school country home, school farm, organic farm and offers a variety of leisure activities.
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The hilltop castle is a late-Staufer castle complex with a mighty walkable shield wall, a passage gate (gatehouse) on the attack side, a large castle courtyard, and a palas with a knight's hall on a trapezoidal floor plan. The walls show ashlar masonry and half-timbered constructions.
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