Lichteneck Castle (Kenzingen)

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Lichteneck Castle
Lichteneck castle ruins

Lichteneck castle ruins

Alternative name (s): Liehtenekke
Creation time : 1265 to 1272
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Count
Place: Kenzingen- Hecklingen
Geographical location 48 ° 10 '20.3 ​​"  N , 7 ° 46' 3.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '20.3 ​​"  N , 7 ° 46' 3.7"  E
Height: 242.4  m above sea level NHN
Lichteneck Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Lichteneck Castle

The castle Lichteneck even Liehtenekke called, is the ruin of a Spur castle on a 242  m above sea level. NHN high rock spur above Hecklingen , a district of the town of Kenzingen in the Emmendingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

The castle was probably built by the Counts of Freiburg between 1265 and 1272 and was mentioned in 1290 as "Liehtenekke". Lichteneck later came into the possession of the Count Palatine of Tübingen-Lichteneck . The castle was destroyed in the Geroldseck War in 1433, rebuilt in the 16th century and finally destroyed on April 15, 1675 during the Dutch War by French troops under General Nicolas de Bautru, Marquis de Vaubrun .

investment

Remains of the mantle wall with a diameter of two to three meters and the wall remains of the core castle are still preserved from the spur castle . The castle is privately owned by the Flemming family and is made available for events for a fee.

literature

  • Gerhard Flemming: 15 years of restoration work at Lichteneck Castle. In: Die Pforte , published by the Working Group for History and Regional Studies in Kenzingen eV, 21st, 22nd and 23rd year (2001–2003), pp. 196–207 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
  • Heiko Wagner: Building history and archaeological research at Lichteneck Castle (Hecklingen). In: Die Pforte , published by the Working Group for History and Regional Studies in Kenzingen eV, 21st, 22nd and 23rd year (2001–2003), pp. 208–227 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
  • Karl Bernhard Knappe: The Lichteneck Castle from its beginnings to the year 1356. In: Die Pforte , published by the Working Group for History and Regional Studies in Kenzingen eV, 7th and 8th year. 1987/1988, pp. 64–75 ( digitized version from Freiburg University Library ).
  • Wilfried Setzler: The Counts of Tübingen as Lords of Lichteneck. In: Die Pforte , published by the Working Group for History and Regional Studies in Kenzingen eV, 7th and 8th year. 1987/1988, pp. 76-90 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
  • Karl Bernhard Knappe: Lichteneck Castle from the 30 Years War to its fall. In: Die Pforte , published by the Working Group for History and Regional Studies in Kenzingen eV, 7th and 8th year. 1987/1988, pp. 91-96 ( digitized version from Freiburg University Library ).
  • Karl Bernhard Knappe: The end of Lichteneck Castle. In: Die Pforte , published by the Working Group for History and Regional Studies in Kenzingen eV, 7th and 8th year. 1987/1988, pp. 100–129 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
  • Arthur Hauptmann: Castles then and now - castles and castle ruins in southern Baden and neighboring areas . Verlag Südkurier, Konstanz 1984, ISBN 3-87799-040-1 , pp. 167-170.
  • Association of Hecklingen (ed.): 850 years of Hecklingen. A village celebrates its history , o. O. 2000.
  • Conrad Burger: Itinerarium or Raisbüchlein. Edited by Johann Baptist Alzog, o. O. 1871. In: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv 5 (1870), pp. 247–359 first part ; In: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv 6 (1871), pp. 72–157 conclusion .
  • City of Kenzingen (ed.): The history of the city of Kenzingen. Volume 1 , Kenzingen 1998.
  • Robert Feger: Lock fortress and silver bell. Stories about Lichteneck Castle. In: Knights, Princes and Melusia. History and stories of castles and palaces in southern Baden, Verlag Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 1978, ISBN 3-7930-0339-6 , pp. 41–49.
  • Friedrich Hefele: Freiburger Urkundenbuch (FUB) , Volume II, No. 86, Freiburg im Breisgau 1951.
  • Ehrenfried Kluckert: Castles in Breisgau and Markgräflerland , Donzelli-Kluckert, Bremgarten 2000, ISBN 3-933284-03-1 , pp. 47-49.
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages. Floor plan lexicon , Würzburg 1998.
  • Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume 6 Freiburg district . Tübingen and Leipzig 1904, pp. 152–154 ( digitized version from Heidelberg University Library ).
  • August Krieg: Contributions to the history of the place and the parish of Hecklingen : In: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv 18 (1886), pp. 119–151 ( digitized version of the University of Freiburg ).
  • 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 .
  • Eduard Schuster: The castles and palaces of Baden , Verlag der Hofbuchhandlung Friedrich Gutsch, Karlsruhe 1908.
  • Heiko Wagner: Theiss Castle Guide Upper Rhine. 65 castles from Basel to Karlsruhe , Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1710-6 .

Web links

Lichteneck Castle
Commons : Burg Lichteneck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Lichteneck Castle in the Topographia Alsatiae (M. Merian)  - sources and full texts