Altkrenkingen Castle

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Altkrenkingen Castle
The Burghalde, which is surrounded by the Steina, at the top left (at the side indentation), directly on the edge of the demolition, was the Alt-Krenkingen Castle, on the summit itself there are still the ruins of the later Krenkingen Castle.

The Burghalde, which is surrounded by the Steina, at the top left (at the side indentation), directly at the edge of the demolition, was Alt-Krenkingen Castle, on the summit itself there are still the ruins of what would later become Krenkingen Castle.

Alternative name (s): Alt-Krenkingen Castle
Creation time : 1100
Castle type : Hill castle, moth
Conservation status: Ruin, hardly any remains, today a quarry
Standing position : Barons
Place: Krenkingen
Geographical location 47 ° 40 '52.4 "  N , 8 ° 19' 9.2"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '52.4 "  N , 8 ° 19' 9.2"  E
Height: 634  m above sea level NN
Altkrenkingen Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Altkrenkingen Castle

The castle Altkrenkingen or Alt-Krenkingen was a tower hill castle (Motte) in the Steinatal below the village Krenkingen is the ancestral castle of the barons of Krenkingen , who are mentioned for the first time in 1102. It is not to be confused with the castle Krenkingen , the castle Neukrenkingen or the castle Well-Krenkingen , they are all located in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg .

location

North of the crab valley lies on a protruding rock hill at 634  m above sea level. NN about 70 feet above the Steinaschlucht the ruins of the hilltop castle Burg Alt-Krenkingen, the former headquarters of Krenkinger. However, it is not a "real"  summit castle , but was built on a heaped hill. Today the Detzeln porphyry works is here , a quarry that has stretched its way to the walls of the structure. About 100 meters north of the old castle, on the "Burghalde", the noble free of Krenkingen built another castle around 1300, with a castle mill and a Reblehen, it was already known as Burgstall around 1361, so it was abandoned. There was also a castle in Neu-Krenkingen, but this is located near Riedern am Sand and is also just a ruin.

history

The barons of Krenkingen were once an important noble family, they are considered to be the founders of the city of Tiengen and builders of the "Old Tower" of Tiengen Castle . Well-known family members were Diethelm von Krenkingen and Martin von Weißenburg .

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