Üsenberg Castle
| Üsenberg Castle | ||
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 Coat of arms of the Lords of Üsenberg |
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| Creation time : | 1000 to 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Breisach on the Rhine | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 2 '33.9 " N , 7 ° 34' 28.7" E | |
| Height: | 188 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Üsenberg is an Outbound hilltop castle on the 188 m above sea level. NN high Üsenberg near the town of Breisach am Rhein in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The castle was built by the Lords of Üsenberg in the 11th century and is considered to be their ancestral castle. Due to its location immediately north of the up-and-coming city of Breisach, the residents had to regard it as a latent threat. The news of their destruction is unclear and contradicting. It is said to have been destroyed by the citizens of Breisach in the 1240s . As a replacement, the Üsenbergers received the Höhingen Castle near Achkarren . In 1291, Üsenberg Castle is known as the Burgstall . In 1320 the Üsenbergers also sold the area on which the castle once stood to the Breisach family.
Nothing has been preserved from the former castle complex.
literature
- Alfons Zettler , Thomas Zotz (eds.): The castles in the medieval Breisgau, I. Northern part: half volume AK . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-7364-X , pp. 54–56.
- Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Tübingen and Leipzig, 1904, sixth volume, first division - Freiburg district; P. 3/4 ( digitized version - with comments on Üsenberg Castle)
- Rainer Kiewat: The castles of the Üsenbergs: Kirnburg, Üsenberg Castle, Riegel Castle, Höhingen Castle. Kenzingen 2006.
Web links
- Entry on Castle Höhingen in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute - with comments on the destruction of Castle Üsenberg
- Entry at leo-bw.de
- Üsenberg Castle at breisgau-burgen.de
- Üsenberg Castle at alemannische-seiten.de