Burgstall am Galgenbühl (Kirchzarten)
| Burgstall at Galgenbühl | ||
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 Castle hill from the southeast |
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| Alternative name (s): | Brandenburg | |
| Creation time : | possibly High Middle Ages | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, remains of the moat preserved | |
| Place: | Kirchzarten -Burg- "Galgenbühl" | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 58 '33.2 " N , 7 ° 58' 51.2" E | |
| Height: | 500.1 m above sea level NN | |
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The Postal am Galgenbühl even Brandenburg called, is an Outbound Spur castle on a 500.1 m above sea level. NN high foothills of the Galgenbühl near the Burg district of Kirchzarten in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The current name as Brandenburg dates back to the 19th century and is therefore not to be equated with the earlier castle name. It probably originated from the combination of the two place names of Brand and Burg. The history of this castle complex , as well as that of the castle near Burg , located 300 meters south-east , is still completely unknown, and written evidence that can be related to one of these two complexes is also not known. Possibly they belonged to the rule of the Falkensteiners from their nearby Falkenstein Castle above the Höllental . Franz Xaver Kraus points out that the Burgstall am Galgenbühl could have been the medieval castle seat of the Lords of Weiler, the presumed ancestors of the Falkensteiners (see Stegen-Weiler Castle ) . The place name for the Kirchzart district of Burg probably refers more to the fortified Celtic settlement Tarodunum , which was in the immediate vicinity of the village, than to the medieval fortifications.
Remains of the walls of the former castle complex were still preserved until the end of the 19th century. Today only the castle hill and the remains of the moat can be seen.
literature
- Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume 6, Tübingen 1904, p. 291 ( digitized version of the Heidelberg University Library ).
- Alfons Zettler , Thomas Zotz (ed.): The castles in the medieval mash gau. Half volume 1. A - K. Northern part . In: archeology and history. Freiburg research on the first millennium in southwest Germany, issue 14 . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-7364-X , pp. 79-82.
- Roland Weis: Castles in the Black Forest . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2019, ISBN 978-3-7995-1368-5 , pp. 96-97.
Web links
- Entry on Brandenburg near Kirchzarten in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfons Zettler, Thomas Zotz (ed.): The castles in the medieval Breisgau. Half volume 1. A - K. Northern part . In: archeology and history. Freiburg research on the first millennium in southwest Germany, issue 14 , p. 79ff.