Krenkingen Castle

Krenkingen Castle
The Burghalde, which is surrounded by the Steina, on the top left (on the side indentation), directly on the edge of the demolition, was the Alt-Krenkingen tower hill castle, on the summit itself is the ruin of Krenkingen castle.
Alternative name (s):	Krenkingen Castle
Creation time :	second half of the 12th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, hardly any remains, close to the quarry
Standing position :	Barons
Place:	Krenkingen
Geographical location	47 ° 40 '52.4 "  N , 8 ° 19' 9.2"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '52.4 "  N , 8 ° 19' 9.2"  E
Height:	634  m above sea level NHN

The castle Krenkingen is an Outbound hilltop castle on a 634  m above sea level. NHN high mountain spur made of granite porphyry in the Steinatal about 100 meters south of Altkrenkingen Castle below Krenkingen , a current district of Waldshut-Tiengen in the district of Waldshut ( Baden-Württemberg ).

The castle was built in the second half of the 12th century by the barons of Krenkingen . From the former castle , which could have been a tower castle , the castle hill and the neck moat are still recognizable. In 1361 the castle was destroyed and the castle stable was pledged by the lords of Krenkingen, as well as the castles Neukrenkingen and Altkrenkingen, to the lords of Hohenfels.

The castle researcher Heinz Voellner determined a wall length of 70 m and compared it in size with the Küssaburg (before it was developed into a fortress). A castle path led from the Steinatal around the rock to the castle.

history

The Krenkingers were once an important noble family; they are considered to be the founder of the city of Tiengen and builder of the "Old Tower" of Tiengen Castle . Well-known family members were Diethelm von Krenkingen and Martin von Weißenburg .

literature

• Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X .
• Rudolf Metz: Geological regional studies of the Hotzenwald. Schauenburg, Lahr / Schwarzwald 1980, ISBN 3-7946-0174-2 , p. 930, with floor plan.
• Heinz Voellner: The castles and palaces between the Wutach Gorge and the Upper Rhine . In: Hochrhein-Geschichtsverein (Hrsg.): Heimat am Hochrhein . Series of publications, 1975, p. 61 ff . ( online [PDF; 884 kB ; accessed on March 5, 2015]).

Web links

• Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Entry on Krenkingen in the private database "Alle Burgen".
2. ↑ ^{a b} Krenkingen at leo-bw.de