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Hossingen Castle Ruins

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Hossingen Castle Ruins

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Hossingen Castle Ruins

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Location: Meßstetten, Zollernalbkreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. View from Gräbelesberg – Hossinger Ladder loop from Laufen an der Eyach

15.4km

04:32

420m

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2. View from Gräbelesberg – Hossinger Ladder loop from Oberdigisheim

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520m

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3. View of Hossingen – Hossingen Castle Ruins loop from Meßstetten

8.39km

02:24

210m

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Roman Domhardt⚰️🐕‍🦺

January 28, 2017

The castle was built in the first half of the 12th century. The hall names Hossenbühl and Hossenhalde are reminiscent of the ministerial family. The lords were Ministeriale of the Counts of Hohenberg. Around 1300 Count Friedrich von Zollern owns land and serfs in Hossingen. In 1306 Count Friederich von Zollern renounced his right to be a member of the Hossengut. For the monastery Beuron it had bought Chorherr Berthold von Dürrwangen. From the family of lords a Burkard von Hossingen 1325 acts as a lay brother in the monastery forest. Berthold and Konrad von Digisheim as well, her sister Mechthild until 1329 as abbess.

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Roman Domhardt⚰️🐕‍🦺

January 28, 2017

The castle Hossingen, Castle Burtel or Hossenburg called [2], the rest of a spur castle on a spur at 830 m above sea level. NN in the valley (short form local dialect: Burtel) 750 meters southwest (Swabian Albstraße to Unterdigisheim) the church of Hossingen, a district of Meßstetten in Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg. The name could go back to the coat of arms of Mömpelgard, in red two stilted golden barben "the counts of Württemberg and Mömpelgard" as owners of the castle since 1418. A derivation of Burgtal local historian Hermann Krauss considers obvious. A handwritten document from 1521 can be interpreted as Bardenstein, Burtelstein or Bartenstein
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Hossingen

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KISS

August 12, 2018

From the parking lot a few meters away. Cool is the super maintained and decorated refuge. Thanks to the hut we were able to have a nice rest on cooler summer days on a very hot summer day.

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Location: Meßstetten, Zollernalbkreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Hossingen Castle Ruins

1. View from Gräbelesberg – Hossinger Ladder loop from Laufen an der Eyach

2. View from Gräbelesberg – Hossinger Ladder loop from Oberdigisheim

3. View of Hossingen – Hossingen Castle Ruins loop from Meßstetten

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