Altroßwag castle ruins

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Altroßwag
Creation time : 11th or 12th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Noble Free
Place: Rosswag
Geographical location 48 ° 56 '38.6 "  N , 8 ° 54' 21.6"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '38.6 "  N , 8 ° 54' 21.6"  E
Height: 250  m above sea level NHN
Altroßwag castle ruins (Baden-Württemberg)
Altroßwag castle ruins

The Altroßwag castle ruin is a former hilltop castle belonging to the Lords of Roßwag on the Enzschlinge, northwest of the municipality of Roßwag , which today belongs to the town of Vaihingen an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg .

Locations of the Altwag and Neurosswag castles on the Württemberg Urflurkarte (1833)

history

The Altroßwag ruin is located in the northwest corner of the Roßwager district near the border with the Enzkreis . The castle was probably built in the 11th or 12th century, but is only mentioned in a document in 1301. It was the ancestral seat of the Lords of Roßwag , first mentioned in 1148 , who can be traced back to the 14th century. Around 1300 the noble family is said to have split into an Altroßwager and a Neurosswager line. After the branch of the Altroßwager family died out in the male line in the second half of the century, the castle came into the possession of Messrs Wolf and Jacob von Stein , who sold it to Maulbronn Monastery in 1394 .

Due to lack of use by the new owners, the castle is said to have fallen into ruin early on. Today only remains of walls and excavations remain of the castle, which are not open to the public due to the steep slope to the northeast above the first Enz loop between Mühlhausen and Roßwag.

The customs on the Enz "at the old Mühlstatt under the castle" Altroßwag probably got through the heiress Elisabeth to the lords of Remchingen and from them to the lords of Sachsenheim , who gave it to Count Eberhard im Bart on 23 December 1479 for 200 guilders sold by Württemberg.

Neurosswag Castle

After an inheritance was divided before 1301, Neurosswag Castle was also built on Roßwager Markung on the right side of the Enz south of the village. After there was no longer any male heir to this branch, it came into Württemberg hands before 1372. Count Eberhard III. von Württemberg sold it to Maulbronn Monastery in 1394 on the condition that it would then be demolished. The demolition was carried out so thoroughly that nothing is left of Neurosswag Castle today and the exact location is not known.

literature

  • Herbert Hilz: The gentlemen from Rosswag. Certificates and pedigree of a medieval knight family . In: Südwestdeutsche Blätter für Familien- und Wappenkunde 21 (1994–1997), pp. 359–368.
  • Thomas Müller, Kristina Anger: Castles and palaces in the Ludwigsburg region - palaces, castles, ruins and stables in the Ludwigsburg district and the surrounding area . Published by the Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, Verlag Ungeheuer und Ulmer, Ludwigsburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-930872-65-7 , p. 131.
  • Karl Eduard Paulus Description of the Oberamt Vaihingen . Issued by the Royal Bureau of Statistics and Topography. Hallberger, Stuttgart 1856. pp. 220ff. Wikisource .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VTS summer puzzle: Today Roßwag. In: Vaihinger Kreiszeitung. August 24, 2010, accessed February 10, 2014 .
  2. ^ Entry on Altroßwag, Burgrest in the private database "Alle Burgen".
  3. ↑ Ortlexikon at www.leo-bw.de and description of the Oberamt Vaihingen , p. 226, in Wikisource .
  4. ↑ Hans von Sachsenheim and the brothers Hans and Reinhart von Sachsenheim (HStA Stgt. Zollsachen). Source: Description of the Oberamt Vaihingen , p. 227, in Wikisource .
  5. ^ Description of the Oberamt Vaihingen , p. 225f, in Wikisource .
  6. ↑ Search in the Laihle. Community Ortsbild Roßwag eV, January 27, 2014, accessed on February 10, 2014 .

Web links

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