Söllingen Castle
| Söllingen Castle | |
|---|---|
| Creation time : | probably 12th century |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location |
| Conservation status: | departed |
| Standing position : | Lower nobility |
| Place: | Söllingen |
The castle Söllingen is a Outbound hilltop castle in Söllingen southeast of the castle Hohenberg, today Turmberg ( Durlach ) in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Wuerttemberg .
The castle was probably built in the 12th century by the Lords of Söllingen. For the first time a knight Wolfram de Saldingen is mentioned. Later the castle (1162) was taken over by the noble lords Stamph de Seldingen, (1367) the lords of Beckingen, (1396) the knight Hans Trescher, (12th - 13th centuries) the lords of Gertringen, (1404) Adelheid von Beckingen and (1408 ) Wolf von Grafeneck. There is a poem about Margarete von Stein, who lived under Margrave Jacob and was the last lady of the castle Söllingen, which is printed in the old local chronicle of Söllingen (Gustav Meerwein / Unser Söllingen, 1930). The now defunct castle was a spur castle , on a mountain with three sloping sides and was protected on the flat side by a ditch . Today there is still the Burgweg in Söllingen, which branches off from Rittnertstraße . This leads directly into the neck ditch, which is called "Hof-Klamm". There is nothing left of the castle in the courtyard, only the name of the Gewann "Hof". On the three steep slopes there are ring paths that were apparently used as a defensive structure at the time of the existing castle. This ring road still exists today.
About the castle history is printed in the "Pfinztaler Heimatblättern", edition 2016, the comprehensive history of the Söllinger castle as well as the source references, u. a. also