Schenkenberg Castle (Emmingen-Liptingen)

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Schenkenberg Castle
Creation time : Mentioned in 1169
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, small remains
Place: Emmingen-Liptingen
Geographical location 47 ° 53 '52.3 "  N , 8 ° 51' 0.5"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '52.3 "  N , 8 ° 51' 0.5"  E
Schenkenberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg)
Schenkenberg Castle

The castle Schenkenberg is an Outbound Höhenburg the type of tower castle on a spur above the chapel Schenkenberg chapel about 2,500 meters south of Emmingen, a modern district of the municipality Emmingen-Liptingen in district Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was built in the 12th century by the lords of Schenkenberg and mentioned in 1169 with Dietho von Schenkenberg, who appeared as a witness in a document from the Salem monastery . 1412, were lords of Heudorf by the Counts of Zollern with the castle invested . The castle was probably destroyed before 1471, as it was only called a court or fiefdom from 1471.

From the former castle complex on a 15 by 21 meter castle hill, only small remains of walls, falls and bricks have survived.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ortseil Emmingen at Leo-bw.de
  2. ↑ * Entry on Schenkenberg Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved October 5, 2019.