Bärenstein Castle
| Bärenstein Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Bernstein Castle | |
| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, small remains | |
| Standing position : | Margraves | |
| Place: | Bühlertal -Obertal- "Bärenstein" | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 39 '36 " N , 8 ° 13' 58.8" E | |
| Height: | 771 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Castle Bärenstein , even Bernstein called, is an Outbound hilltop castle on the Bärenstein (Bear Rock) in the village Obertal, a municipality part of Bühlertal in the district of Rastatt ( Baden-Wuerttemberg ). The castle was one of the highest castles in the northern Black Forest .
history
The castle was probably built in the 13th century, and was already destroyed in 1598, as can be seen from the “Notification of the common staff and district of Fleckhens Bühell 1598”. In this year, which is also the first mention of the castle, it says “And there stands the two and twentieth Marckstain; From there, the mark goes right through the Thall over to Burgstadel Bernstein, since the Bernstein Castle stood in front of Jaren, to see a self-grown Velsen for the Theyl, but to see the Theiyl with Quaterstückher masonry, would be counted for the Drey and twentieth Marckstain. “As The owners of the castle are called the Margraves of Baden .
description
The castle complex was on and around a rock tower of the Bärenstein at 771 m above sea level. NHN Höhe, which today serves as a lookout tower. There was probably a watchtower on the rock tower, the residential buildings leaned against the north and west sides of the tower, where the supports for wooden beams are still visible. The facility was accessible from the south, here is a neck ditch .
At the castle site, humpback blocks with a sandstone edge were found; today they serve as steps to the lookout tower. In addition, furnace tiles and shards of vessels from the 14th and 15th centuries were discovered during excavations.
literature
- Hugo Schneider: The Burgstadel Bärenstein . In the S. (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden , Volume 64. Publishing house of the Historical Association for Central Baden, Offenburg 1984, ISSN 0342-1503 , pp. 164–165.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hugo Schneider: The Burgstadel Bärenstein . In: Castles and palaces in Mittelbaden . Series of publications: The Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden . P. 164 f.
- ^ Entry on Bärenstein in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- ^ Hugo Schneider: The Burgstadel Bärenstein . In: Castles and palaces in Mittelbaden . Series of publications: The Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden. P. 165.