Braunlingen Castle

Braunlingen Castle
Former location of Bräunlingen Castle
Creation time :	12th Century
Castle type :	Location
Conservation status:	underground wall remains
Standing position :	Nobles
Place:	Bräunlingen
Geographical location	47 ° 55 '47 .1 "  N , 8 ° 26' 45.1" E Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '47 .1  "  N , 8 ° 26' 45.1"  E
Height:	693  m above sea level NN

The castle Bräunlingen is the remnant of a local castle in the city Bräunlingen in Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

Former location of the Nikolauskapelle belonging to the castle from the 12th century

The construction of the castle is attributed to the local nobility, proven in the 12th century. It was destroyed in 1305 and mentioned for the last time in 1358. In that year Count Hug von Fürstenberg committed himself to serve the Bishop of Strasbourg Johann von Lichtenberg with town and castle for ten years.

Remnants of the walls of the former oval castle complex with upper and lower castle terrace are still preserved underground.

literature

• Bertram Jenisch: The medieval local castle "Auf dem Buck" Bräunlingen (Schwarzwald-Baar district). In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg , 34th year 2005, issue 2, pp. 111–112 ( digitized from denkmalpflege-bw.de ( Memento from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive )).
• Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .
• Karl Siegfried Bader : Kürnburg, Zindelstein and Warenburg - bases of the Zähringer rule over Baar and Black Forest , 1937, pp. 104-105 ( digitized from breisgau-burgen.de ).
• Arthur Hauptmann: Castles then and now - castles and castle ruins in southern Baden and neighboring areas . Südkurier publishing house, Konstanz 1984, ISBN 3-87799-040-1 , pp. 152-155.

Web links

• Kelnhof-Platz and houses “auf dem Buck” at braeunlingen-tourismus.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume 2, Freiburg i. Br. 1890, p. 6 ( digital copy from Heidelberg University Library ).