Castle Berg (Stuttgart)

Castle Berg
Wasserburg Berg
Stuttgart Near Berg, Stuttgart-East in Germany
Wasserburg Berg Location in Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates	3166-2:DE-BW 48°47′46″N 9°12′22″E / 48.79611°N 9.20611°ECoordinates: 3166-2:DE-BW 48°47′46″N 9°12′22″E / 48.79611°N 9.20611°E
Type	Burgstall
Site information
Condition	Ruined
Site history
Built	12th Century
Built by	House von Berg
In use	1100-1287
Fate	Demolished in 1287

Castle Berg is a ruined castle on the grounds of Mineralbad Berg near the Nesenbach stream in the eastern inner city district in the Baden-Württemberg state capitol of Stuttgart, Germany.

The castle was built by the von berg family during the 12th Century and then demolished in 1287, leaving nothing but the foundations that were unearthed in 1856 during construction of the spring water bathhouses. The foundations found belonged to a residence tower with a square base with a side length of 10.5 metres (34 ft) and a thickness of 3 meters.^[1] By outdated Normalnull reckoning, Castle Berg is about 210 meters about Sea level.

References

Notes

1. Krahe, Friedrich-Wilhelm (2000). Castles of the German Middle Ages - Plan Lexicon (special ed.). Wurzburg: Flechsig Verlag. p. 98. ISBN 3-88189-360-1.

Bibliography

Note: The titles of the following books have been translated into English

• Krahe, Friedrich-Wilhelm (2000). Castles of the German Middle Ages - plan lexicon (Special ed.). Wurzburg: Flechsig Verlag. ISBN 3-88189-360-1.
• Wine, Gerhard (1971). Medieval Castles in the City of Stuttgart, Volume 2: Castles in Districts Solitude, Feuerbach, Cannstatt, Berg, and Gaisburg. Stuttgart. p. 208.
• Zürn, Hartwig (1956). Prehistoric and Terrain Landmarks an Medieval Castle Sites of the City of Stuttgart and Districts of Böblingen, Esslingen, Nürtingen. Stuttgart: Verlag Sillerburg. p. 8.