Bischoffingen Castle
Bischoffingen Castle | ||
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Creation time : | 1300 to 1400 | |
Castle type : | Location | |
Conservation status: | Built-in remains | |
Standing position : | Nobles | |
Construction: | Humpback cuboid | |
Place: | Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl - Bischoffingen | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 6 '13.7 " N , 7 ° 37' 41.2" E | |
Height: | 225 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Bischoffingen is the remains of a castle in the village street 5 on the southern edge of the district Bischoffingen the city vogtsburg in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg . It is around 225 m above sea level. NHN .
In the years 1083 to 1087 a Hermann von Bischoffingen is named, other gentlemen from Bischoffingen follow. The first mention of the castle ("veste") dates back to 1393, at which time the knight Hans Meinwart von Tottikofen held the fiefdom given by Walraf von Tierstein . Reinold VI succeeds the Lords of Tottikofen . von Urslingen as a feudal man. Its heirs are the gentlemen von Geroldseck . In 1568, Bischoffingen Castle is mentioned as the "old castle stable". After structural changes, the facility was used as a tithe barn and trot . In 1924 the moat was filled in.
The former approximately 30 by 30 meter square castle complex shows remnants of medieval buildings made of humpback blocks with a height of up to 4 meters in the southwest corner, which are now built into a residential building. The facility is privately owned.
literature
- Alfons Zettler , Thomas Zotz : The castles in the medieval Breisgau. Half volume 1. A - K. Northern part . Ostfildern. In. Archeology and history. Freiburg research on the first millennium in southwest Germany . Booklet 14. Thorbecke. Sigmaringen 2003. ISBN 3-7995-7364-X
Web links
- Entry on Bischoffingen in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Entry on Bischoffingen in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- Bischoffingen Castle at alemannische-seiten.de