Strict Rock Castle

Strict Rock Castle
Strenger Felsen castle ruins
Alternative name (s):	Eulenburg, Old Castle
Creation time :	probably around 800 to 900
Castle type :	Höhenburg, rocky location
Conservation status:	Wall remains
Standing position :	no assignment (Fliehburg)
Place:	Degerfelden
Geographical location	47 ° 34 '21.1 "  N , 7 ° 45' 27.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '21.1 "  N , 7 ° 45' 27.4"  E
Height:	388.1  m above sea level NN

The Castle Rock Strenger (also Strengifelsen ) is the ruins of a hilltop castle in Degerfelden , a district of Rheinfelden in the district Lörrach .

Geographical location

The rock castle is 388.1  m above sea level. NHN east of Degerfelden and west of Strengen Felsen , a limestone rock in the Nollinger Berg, through which the A 861 tunnel leads. The boundary between the Rheinfeld districts of Degerfelden and Nollingen runs on the hill “Auf dem Neuhaus” to the east and higher. In the north of the Fliehburg lies the “Schloßhalde” area. To the west, the terrain drops steeply about 70 meters to the Wolfsgraben.

investment

Of the trapezoidal castle , rediscovered in 1926 , the former meaning of which is unknown, only remains of the wall remain, which were restored after its discovery. To protect against weathering, a mortar screed was applied to the top of the wall . The length of the western wall is about 25.75 meters, the north wall, which is set at right angles, is about 12.2 meters. The approximately eight meter long south wall runs slightly diagonally towards the north where the 25 meter long east wall, which is also diagonally offset, closes the complex. The thickness of the walls varies between 1.5 meters and 2 meters. The walls consist of double-shell masonry made of limestone boulders. The access is a 1.95 meter wide opening at the northern end of the western wall.

purpose

In the literature, reference is made to a deed of donation from 1345, which suggests an apartment similar to that of the castle in Tegerfelden . It is probably not a high or late medieval complex. Possibly it was a fortress that was built in the 9th century and then used at different times. A Roman origin cannot be excluded due to the location.

history

The gentlemen of Tegerfelden can be counted among the residents of the "Strenger Felsen" castle . However, the relationship between the knight dynasty ( miles ) resident there, mentioned several times from the 13th century onwards, to the homonymous dynasty of the Barons von Tegerfelden in the canton of Aargau has not been clarified beyond doubt. It is possible that the gentlemen of Tegerfelden-Rheinfelden lost their baronial status due to disputes or marriages that were not appropriate to their class, or that the gentlemen of Tegerfelden-Rheinfelden were a ministerial noble family of the Freiherren von Tegerfelden, which is more likely. It can be observed that the line called “Bälber von Tegerfelden” near Rheinfelden was approaching its slow decline, characterized by numerous sales, even before the baronial line from Tegerfelden in Aargau was extinguished in 1254. As early as 1239 they entered into a kind of vassal relationship with the Lords of Tiefenstein .

The lords of Tegerfelden-Rheinfelden had their ancestral castle in the center of Degerfelden at the confluence of the Waidbach and the Siebensteinbach, which has now completely disappeared. This and probably also the Strenger Felsen castle, which was probably also in their possession, was broken in the 13th century in the dispute with Rudolf von Habsburg , the later German king in the 13th century. According to other sources, all castles of the Lords of Tegerfelden were destroyed because of their involvement in the murder of King Albrecht von Habsburg in 1309. Whether the Strenger Felsen castle, which is also known in the area as Eulenburg or Old Castle , as claimed, was actually destroyed in the great earthquake in 1356 or whether it was not already destroyed at that time, must therefore remain open.

literature

• Martin Strotz: Degerfelden (Rheinfelden, LÖ) - Fliehburg. In: Alfons Zettler, Thomas Zotz : The castles in medieval Breisgau, II. Southern part: half volume AK . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-7366-5 , pp. 130-133.
• Erik Beck: Degerfelden (Rheinfelden, LÖ) - history. In: Alfons Zettler, Thomas Zotz : The castles in medieval Breisgau, II. Southern part: half volume AK . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-7366-5 , pp. 136-140.
• Werner Meyer : Castles from A to Z - Burgenlexikon der Regio . Published by the Castle Friends of both Basels on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. Klingental printing works, Basel 1981, p. 14
• Friedrich Kuhn : An open-air museum on the Nollinger Höhe near Rheinfelden. In: Die Margrafschaft, issue 4/1966, pp. 7-11
• Friedrich Kuhn: An open-air museum on the Nollinger Höhe near Rheinfelden. (Continued) In: Die Margrafschaft, Heft 5/1966, pp. 6-11
• Friedrich Kuhn: A newly discovered early medieval refuge on the Nollinger Höhe. In: Vom Jura zum Schwarzwald, NF Volume 6 (1931), pp. 26-30 e-periodica
• Theodor von Liebenau : Contributions to the history of the family von Tegerfelden. In: Yearbook of the Heraldic Society "Adler" in Vienna. Vol. 10 = 13, 1883, pp. 1–7 Digitized in the Internet archive
• Theodor von Liebenau (editor): Regesta on the history of the Lords of Tegerfelden. In: Yearbook of the Heraldic Society "Adler" in Vienna. Vol. 10, 1883, pp. 7-10 Digital copy in the Internet archive

Web links

Commons : Strenger Felsen Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry Nollingen (living space) on discover geography online - leobw with an aerial view of the Fliehburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ s. Kuhn 4/1966, p. 8
2. ↑ s. Strotz p. 130
3. ↑ s. Strotz p. 131
4. ↑ s. Strotz p. 130
5. ↑ Julius Birlin: Degerfelden and his neighborhood. On the way through the centuries. Binzen 1994, ISBN 3-923066-40-6 .
6. ↑ Dr. Theodor von Liebenau: Contributions to the history of the family von Tegerfelden. P. 1.
7. ^ Theodor von Liebenau: Contributions to the history of the von Tegerfelden family, p. 1