Vogelfels Castle

Vogelfels Castle
Access (railing partially dismantled in 2013) to Hossingen from Albstadt Lautlingen station
Creation time :	1050 to 1100
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Nobles
Construction:	Small ashlar masonry
Place:	Albstadt - Lautlingen
Geographical location	48 ° 12 '1.1 "  N , 8 ° 56' 18.4"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '1.1 "  N , 8 ° 56' 18.4"  E
Height:	870  m above sea level NN

The Burgvogel rock is a small Outbound Spur castle on the so-called Great Bird Rock, from which it obtained its current name. It is located southwest of the Lautlingen district of Albstadt in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg . The castle stable is freely accessible at all times.

Geographical location

The small castle was located 500 meters southwest of the "Hof Tierberg" and about 2000 meters southwest of Lautlingen at an altitude of about 870 meters on a rocky spur of the Upper Mountain that is directed to the southwest and is bordered by the long valley, a side valley of the Brunnental. In this valley, a road once led via Hossingen, Unterdigsheim, Kolbingen Mühlheim an der Donau to Tuttlingen ( Reichsstraße ). In Mühlheim line of sight of the guards are occupied. In the event of war, the two wooden Hossinger ladders could be pulled up. Lochenpass , Dobelsteige, Rottweiler Weg in Tieringen against Hausen and the Bschorrer Weg could be secured with hooked barriers. The soldiers and their weapons have been handed down by name from 1521. Vogelfels Castle may also have served to secure the road. Close by is the headquarters of the Tierbergers, the Altentierberg castle ruins , and further north is the former Heersberg Castle on the Heersberg mountain of the same name , the former Schalksburg . The Tierberg family also owned Hossingen Castle (in the draft lists since 1521 and oral name: Burtel ..), the castle stable Schlössle (near the Kählesbühl transmission tower ), which is now inaccessible, with a farm (foundation walls in the armored shooting range) in the Heuberg military training area and the ruins of the castle Wild Animal Mountain .

history

The castle, the original name of which is not known, was probably built in the second half of the 11th century, according to Christoph Bizer, and it was abandoned early on. The lords of the castle Eberhardt and Gerold von Lautlingen (Ebro and Gernuc von Lutelinge) were mentioned in 1094 in the Notitia Fundationis of the Sankt Georgen monastery . Bizer suspects the end of the castle before the 12th century, perhaps during the investiture controversy around 1076. Other experts such as Hermann Krauss assign documents from 1327 about Neuentierberg Castle to Vogelfels Castle with 50 percent probability. The residents of the Wildentierberg called themselves from 1313 Lords von Tierberg von der Wildentierberg , after which the line remaining on the family castle was called Tierberg von der Altentierberg. This line died out in 1480. Heirs of the Tierberg Haiterbach line in Meßstetten were also those of the Wildentierberg. In 1370, the Messstetten rule came to the Wildentierberger line. The brothers Hans Rudolf and Hans Konrad von Tierberg von der Wildentierberg certify an agreement on the basis of the spiritual fiefs at Ebingen, Lautlingen, Margrethausen and Meßstetten (Stetten). Through the marriage of a Wildentierberger daughter Anna von der Wildentierberg with Conrad von Hölnstein , the neighboring estate of Meßstetten came to this.

The castle was probably built by the lords of Lautlingen and was later owned by the lords of Tierberg . The Lautlinger lords were mentioned in the 11th century and died out around 1200.

description

The former castle complex was located on a narrow castle rock surrounded by three trenches and had a core castle with a possible residential tower . A trench has been preserved from the complex.

Accessibility of the castle stables and viewpoint

From the Albstadt-Lautlingen or -Laufen train station, the Albtrauf can be hiked over the Hossinger Ladder ( 48 ° 11 ′ 38.71 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 43.95 ″  E ). From the hiking trail there is a good view of the Vogelfels above the Hossinger Ladder . Below the path branches off into the Lange Tal with the Vogelfels. The Vogelfels is somewhat hidden in the side valley. With the car Heimatmuseum Hossingen ( 48 ° 11 ′ 26.81 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 19.3 ″  E ), continue following the signs.

Say

The legend can be accessed under an acoustic cloud at the Hossingen local history museum in a listening station. Citizens are currently voting for the station. Dieter Bodmer from Hossingen has contributed as the spokesman for the legend of the Schuhmacherfels.

The shoemaker

A long time ago a shoemaker from Hossingen was charged by the rulership court. His execution seemed inevitable. They agreed on a divine judgment in the form of a unilateral ordal. The accused shoemaker had to make a pair of shoes on the shoemaker's rock at a dizzying height above the abyss. He was not allowed to lose any of the counted material. The impeccably made shoes and the fact that he did not fall was seen in court at the time as evidence of his innocence. While the name Schuhmacherfels is entered on the official maps next to a rock needle opposite Vogelfels Castle , according to oral tradition the ordal is said to have taken place on the right side of the valley near the Hossinger ladder.

Hazard warnings

After the railings on the Hossinger Ladder were largely removed in May 2013 for liability reasons, the risk of accidents has increased, especially when it is wet. Sturdy shoes and a head for heights are required. Inexperienced people and children should consider roping up in the deep, rocky steep slope in front of the first bridge structure. In 1894 F. Link from Ebingen warned: Even more than one stout hiker turned respectfully in the face of the swaying ladder. Unfortunately, the cases are not so rare that careless people who wanted to use the ladder to climb in the night and in fog had to atone for their daring by falling into the depths.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Holdings A 28 aBd M 21 on Landesarchiv-BW.de
2. ^ Hermann Krauss: Local and Church History of Meßstetten . 75th anniversary of the church. Ed .: Organ Fund Pastor Peter Gall. Meßstetten 1989, p. 17 .
3. ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Archives, Department State Archives Sigmaringen (Ed.): Dep 38 T No. 1292 . Meßstetten.
4. ^ Hermann Krauss: Local and Church History of Meßstetten . 75th anniversary of the church. Ed .: Organ Fund Pastor Peter Gall. Meßstetten 1989, p. 19 .
5. ↑ Christof Holbein: People tell . In: Black Forest Messenger . Meßstetten, September 26, 2017.
6. ↑ Christof Holbein: From people . In: Black Forest Messenger . Meßstetten, June 30, 2017.
7. ↑ Scary Stories. In: Black Forest Messenger . October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017 . 
8. ↑ : falls . In: Schwarzwälder Bote , July 27, 2016.
9. ↑ F.Link: Albvereinsblätter 1894 Hossinger head . Ed .: Schwäbischer Albverein Stuttgart. S. 141 .

literature

• Günter Schmitt : Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalb district . Published by the Zollernalbkreis district office, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0186-6 , pp. 70–73.
• Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for the Preservation of Monuments, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 189–191.
• Günter Schmitt: Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 5 - West Alb: Hiking and discovering between Reutlingen and Spaichingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1993, ISBN 3-924489-65-3 , pp. 297-300.
• Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , pp. 77-78.

Web links

• Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun