Schüpf Castle

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Schüpf Castle
Area around the former Schüpf Castle, 2019

Area around the former Schüpf Castle, 2019

Alternative name (s): Old Oberschüpf Castle
Creation time : Late 12th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: ruin
Construction: disintegrated, overgrown
Place: Oberschüpf
Geographical location 49 ° 31 '21.4 "  N , 9 ° 40' 20.1"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '21.4 "  N , 9 ° 40' 20.1"  E
Height: 304  m above sea level NHN
Schüpf Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Schüpf Castle

The castle Schüpf called locally as "Old Castle Oberschüpf" is the ruin of a Spur castle on a mountain spur above the village Oberschüpf at Boxberg in Baden-Wuerttemberg . The term Old Castle Oberschüpf was created to distinguish Schüpf Castle from Oberschüpf Castle (also called New Castle Oberschüpf ).

history

Schüpf Castle was built at the end of the 12th century. It was first mentioned in a document in the first half of the 13th century. The castle, which initially belonged to Schüpf's first tavern , had to be pledged to the Counts of Hohenlohe by his descendants in 1235 . In the 14th century Schüpf Castle passed from the possession of the Lords of Hohenlohe to the joint ownership of the Lords of Rosenberg , one of whom resided in Schüpf. The castle then came into the possession of the Lords of Tottenheim, who died out in 1556. Even before that, around 1470, the castle was almost completely destroyed by the allied Elector Friedrich I of the Palatinate , Prince-Bishop Rudolf von Würzburg and Archbishop Adolf von Mainz . In 1888, with the support of the Grand Duchy of Baden , investigations into the castle complex began. Historical finds from Schüpf Castle, including high-quality Romanesque architectural sculpture, are now in the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe or have become the property of the Boxberg Local History Museum.

investment

To the west above the village of Oberschüpf , whose houses at the foot of the spur at an altitude of about 230  m above sea level. NHN stand, the castle Schüpf situated on a mountain ridge at about 304  m above sea level. NHN at the mouth of a small tributary that flows into the Schüpfbach . Two trenches that were dug deep into the shell limestone rock separate the castle complex from the further rise of the terrain on the Burgwald ridge to the west. A path was laid on the upper edge of the slope next to the southern end of the neck ditch , which provides access to the heavily overgrown castle grounds and almost completely surrounds it. The castle grounds are oval and steep on all sides and separated from the mountain by the deep ditch.

Only a few remains of Schüpf Castle have survived. These include excavated foundations, overgrown wall remnants, ramparts, beaten paths and the partially preserved foundation walls of a covered keep .

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Burg Oberschüpf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Symbols of Power - Boxberg Castle - Oberschüpf Castle. Heimatverein Boxberg, accessed on May 29, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Oberschüpf. German Castle Archives, accessed on May 29, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Gothic wall paintings in the Oberschüpf church. ZUM.de, accessed on May 29, 2015 .
  4. ^ History of Oberschüpf. Taubertal.de, accessed on May 29, 2015 .
  5. ↑ See chapter Building Sculpture by Burg Schüpf in Zimmermann, Die Medieval Bildwerke , pp. 39–47.