Denzlingen Castle

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Denzlingen Castle
Alternative name (s): Maurach Castle
Creation time : not clear
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, trenches
Place: Denzlingen
Geographical location 48 ° 4 '35 "  N , 7 ° 54' 0.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '35 "  N , 7 ° 54' 0.3"  E
Height: 250  m above sea level NN
Denzlingen Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Denzlingen Castle

The castle Denzlingen , including Castle Maurach called, is a suspected Outbound Spur castle in the town of Denzlingen in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle is said to be at the site of the Severinskapelle on the eastern spur of the Mauracher Berg at around 250  m above sea level Have found NN .

It was assumed that it was built in the 12th century. Existing trenches were interpreted as an indication of a former high medieval castle, but the existence of such a complex is now considered unlikely.

The European Castle Institute suspects an Ottonian weir system with an east-west extension of almost 300 meters.

literature

  • Alfons Zettler , Thomas Zotz : The castles in the medieval Breisgau. Half volume 1. A - K. Northern part . In: archeology and history. Freiburg Research on the First Millennium in Southwest Germany, Volume 14 . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-7364-X , pp. 89-92.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archaeological News from Baden, Issue 86/87, 2013, pp. 59–66, Sebastian Brather: Church, cemetery and castle (?) On the Mauracher Berg near Denzlingen
  2. ^ Excavations St. Severinkapelle: New Finds, New Theses ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Badische Zeitung , September 3, 2014, accessed on May 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ see EBIDAT