Enzberg castle ruins
| Enzberg castle ruins | ||
|---|---|---|
| Creation time : | 11th century | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remnants, foundations | |
| Place: | Mühlacker -Enzberg | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 55 '58.9 " N , 8 ° 47' 42.9" E | |
|
||
The Enzberg castle ruins are the ruins of a castle in the Enzberg district of the municipality of Mühlacker in the Enzkreis ( Baden-Württemberg ).
history
Foundation of Enzberg Castle in the 11th century
Enzberg Castle was founded by the von Zeisolf-Wolfram family. The family ruled as counts over several districts in the Kraichgau region. A document is mentioned of a Count Wolfram, who ruled over “Enzeberch” in the middle of the 11th century, which is probably the name of the Enzgau as a county and why Enzberg Castle was once the main castle of the Enzgau district. The founding of the village of Enzberg can also be traced back to members of those von Zeisolf-Wolframe and probably originally served to supply the castle residents.
First mention of the castle and the nobility from the 12th century
The castle was first mentioned in 1193, when Archbishop Johannes von Trier acquired it from the Count of Calw and gave it back as a fief .
The first documented mention of a noble family who named themselves after the castle was the "Friedrich von Entzenberg" mentioned between 1193 and 1197. It is not known whether he belonged to the Lords of Enzberg , who had been attested since 1236, or to a ministerial family of Trier or those of Calw. The lords of Enzberg themselves were related to the lords of Niefern and the lords of Dürrmenz , all three of whom have a finger ring in their coat of arms . Since Enzberg Castle was the largest in the vicinity, the Enzberg branch could be the main line. The first documented representative of this family is Heinrich von Enzberg, who, as Schirmer ( patron ) of Maulbronn Monastery, held the office of Vogt von Maulbronn . Subsequently, the gentlemen von Enzberg exercised this office several times, but there were always disputes with the monastery about the rights resulting from the office.
Margraves of Baden, Counts of Württemberg, the Count Palatine and the feud with Maulbronn Monastery
From 1321 acquired the Margrave of Baden and the Count of Württemberg shares and, further, the Palatine one opening right at the castle. In 1384 the lords of Enzberg took violent action in a feud against the Maulbronn monastery. The protector at the time, Ruprecht von der Pfalz , had the castle besieged with allies and destroyed after they were captured. The town of Enzberg, mentioned in a document between 1311 and 1374, is likely to have fallen victim to the punitive action, whose town wall ruins and ditches were probably recognizable until the 19th century.
Todays use
The castle had a rainwater cistern that was built to supply the town of Enzberg and, in the form of a small house, this old cistern now serves as a water reservoir; the well shaft is still used today by the water pump.
description
From the former castle complex, which was integrated in the village, walls up to two meters high can still be seen in the local area. The castle had numerous buildings, the foundations of which can still be seen, secured by two defensive walls with an intervening kennel and inner moat . There is also the round arch of a lintel and a buried vaulted corridor.
literature
- Konrad Dussel (Hrsg.): Enzberg: from the Roman homestead to the modern industrial community . ( Contributions to the history of the city of Mühlacker , Volume 4). Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2000. ISBN 3-89735-155-2 .
Web links
- https://burgenarchiv.de/burg_enzberg_in_baden-wuerttemberg : Information on Enzberg Castle in https://burgenarchiv.de/
Individual evidence
- ^ Enzberg (former castle, Spornburg) - Burgenarchiv.de . In: Burgenarchiv.de . December 28, 2017 ( burgenarchiv.de [accessed July 19, 2018]).
- ↑ at Burg Enzberg pointoo.de