Bürgle (Enkenstein)

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Bürgle
Embankment on the east side of the Bürgle castle stable near Schopfheim-Enkenstein.

Embankment on the east side of the Bürgle castle stable near Schopfheim-Enkenstein.

Alternative name (s): Enkenstein Castle
Creation time : High Middle Ages
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, small ditch
Construction: no
Place: Schopfheim - Enkenstein
Geographical location 47 ° 40 ′ 56.8 "  N , 7 ° 48 ′ 56.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 56.8 "  N , 7 ° 48 ′ 56.4"  E
Height: 478  m above sea level NN
Bürgle (Baden-Württemberg)
Bürgle

The Bürgle , also called Enkenstein Castle , is an abandoned spur castle near Enkenstein , a district of Schopfheim in the Lörrach district in Baden-Württemberg .

location

The Burgstall lies on a wooded 478  m above sea level. NN high mountain head over Enkenstein, the Schlossberg. It can be reached via the district road K 6348 (Maibergstrasse) from Enkenstein to Hausen im Wiesental . A forest path branches off the road about 300 meters northeast of the farmsteads in Brodenloch. After another 300 meters you will reach the Burgstall.

history

To this day, very little is known about this small castle complex, and historical evidence is also completely lacking. The name of the castle was probably preserved in Enkenstein, first mentioned in 1392, which is probably the former castle hamlet. The place used to belong to the Vogtei Tegernau , and later to the Vogtei Langenau , and was part of the Landgraviate of Sausenburg .

There is no evidence of a noble family from Enkenstein, only people from , on or on the En (g) kenstein were mentioned, which underlines the assumption of a castle name. Enkenstein came into the possession of the Röttler sideline of those von Rotenberg, then to the monastery of Sankt Blasien .

The castle was previously counted as an outpost of Rotenburg Castle . It was probably more of an independent, small castle complex. At most, the courtyard in Brodenloch belonged to the castle.

description

The mountain spur plateau is 40 to 50 meters long and 10 to 20 meters wide. The slopes of the plateau are steep and there is only natural access to the west. This access was secured by a neck ditch , which today is partially filled and can hardly be seen. During an inspection in 2007, fragments of brick blocks, some of which still show traces of masonry mortar, were found.

literature

  • Wibke Schmid: Enkenstein (Schopfheim, LÖ). In: Alfons Zettler, Thomas Zotz : The castles in medieval Breisgau, II. Southern part: half volume AK . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-7366-5 , pp. 179-181.
  • Ulrich Eichin: The Bürgele near Enkenstein. In: Das Markgräflerland, Issue 2/3 1969, pp. 142–143 digital copy of the Freiburg University Library
  • Werner Meyer : Castles from A to Z - Burgenlexikon der Regio . Published by the Castle Friends of both Basels on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. Klingental printing works, Basel 1981, p. 14
  • Badische Fund reports: official news sheet for the original u. Early history research in Baden, issue 3.1933 / 1935 (1936), p. 372 digital copy of the Heidelberg University Library

Web links

Commons : Bürgle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Regional information system for Baden-Württemberg (LeoBW): - Brodenloch residential area - Residential area - Baden-Württemberg historical local dictionary
  2. ↑ see Eichin
  3. ↑ see Schmid p. 179