Burgholz castle ruins

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Burgholz castle ruins
Remains of the wall of the Burgholz castle ruins in Raitbach

Remains of the wall of the Burgholz castle ruins in Raitbach

Alternative name (s): Neuenstein, Steineck
Creation time : around 1250
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Castle hill, remains of the wall, neck ditch
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Schopfheim - Raitbach
Geographical location 47 ° 40 '39.5 "  N , 7 ° 52' 31.3"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '39.5 "  N , 7 ° 52' 31.3"  E
Height: 663  m above sea level NN
Castle ruins Burgholz (Baden-Württemberg)
Burgholz castle ruins

The castle ruin Burgholz is one of the remnants of an extensive hill fort at 663  m above sea level. NN high hill 1150 meters southeast of the village Raitbach , a district of Schopfheim in the district of Loerrach in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

history

The castle, which was probably built around 1250, is probably Neuenstein Castle, which was named in 1283 in the possession of the Lords of Stein . On November 19, 1400, Margrave Rudolf III bought. von Hachberg-Sausenberg took over the Neuenstein lordship with the Nüw Stein fortress from the heirs of Rudolf von Schönau , who died in the battle of Sempach , Anna von Klingenberg , the widow and her son Albrecht.

The castle was called Steineck later, for example in the 16th century, when Margrave Christoph von Baden gave Apollinaris Höcklin a fief with the saddle yard and the nearby castle. The latter was referred to as the "Burgstadel" and was therefore already a ruin. The Höcklin family was raised to the nobility and subsequently appears as "Höcklin von Steineck". The current name "Burgholz" has been used for the castle ruins since the 17th century.

Castle complex

From the former of a main castle , a southern and a northern bailey existing castle of the castle hill, remains of walls and an oval are still moat with outdoor Wall received. The core castle probably comprised a round tower and an elongated building. In the north, the outworks were partially destroyed during the construction of the road and a timber removal route. The neck ditch in the north of the facility (near the connecting road between Raitbach and Schweigmatt, K 6339) is 5 meters wide and 6 meters deep.

Although the facility is located directly on the district road (after Raitbach-Kehrengraben in the curve before the junction to Hof Blumberg), it is hardly accessible. There is no path on the steep castle hill.

literature

Web links

Commons : Ruine Burgholz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Schubring p. 52 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  2. ↑ Regesten the Margrave of Baden and Hachberg, Vol. 1, certificate number H857 in the Internet Archive
  3. ^ Regional information system for Baden-Württemberg (LeoBW): Sattelhof - living space - entry in the local dictionary of Baden-Württemberg
  4. ↑ see thrust ring p. 50f. (Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library)
  5. ↑ see Visible Traces of the Manor House "Baden" in Schopfheim on schopfheim.de , accessed on December 9, 2012
  6. ↑ see Schubring p. 51 Digital copy of the Freiburg University Library
  7. ↑ Werner Meyer: Castles from A to Z - Burgenlexikon der Regio , p. 13; at Schubring there is a floor plan of the castle on p. 55 (digital copy from Freiburg University Library)
  8. ↑ Friedrich Kuhn : The Burgdorf Raitbach in Schopfheim. In: Das Markgräflerland , issue 2/1983, p. 149 (digitized version of the Freiburg University Library)