Eselsberg (Stromberg)
| Eselsberg | ||
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 Eselsberg via Ensingen |
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| height | 392 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Vaihingen an der Enz , Ludwigsburg district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany | |
| Mountains | Stromberg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 58 '27 " N , 8 ° 57' 33" E | |
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| particularities | Eselsburg Tower ( AT ) | |
 View from Eselsberg to the east |
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 Large castle area on Eselsberg |
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The Eselsberg in the district of Ludwigsburg belongs to the nature park Stromberg-Heuchelberg and with a height of 392 m above sea level. NHN a prominent point in the southern Stromberg . Eselsberg Castle once stood on this mountain spur, replaced in 1925 by the “ Eselsburg Tower ”, which offers a wide view of the Gäu landscape .
geography
The Eselsberg, created by reversing the relief , is part of a Stromberg foothills north of the municipality of Ensingen , which has belonged to the city of Vaihingen an der Enz since the Baden-Württemberg regional reform . The municipalities of Gündelbach and Horrheim , which also belong to Vaihingen, lie in the Mettertal north and east of the Bergsporn, while Kleinglattbach is in the south and the core town of Vaihingen is four kilometers away.
The southern roofing of Eselsberg was carved out by the Glattbach or "Brünnelesbach". The sun-exposed slopes above Ensingen were previously completely reserved for viticulture. The vineyard terraces were cleaned up in the 20th century for intensive cultivation. The area of Eselsberg Castle, called Burgrain , is surprisingly large , which was marked out with 50 boundary stones in 1832 and had strong notches at the entrances (see section of the map). Presumably prehistoric wall and ditch finds in this area are therefore more likely to be classified as part of the castle complex, as Karl Eduard Paulus already stated in the description of the Oberamts from 1856.
Around 2.5 kilometers west of the Burgstall, the “ Schreckstein ”, named like the neighboring height, marked the Württemberg-Baden border and once separated four place markings. In the northwest, the Burghof landfill operated by the district's own waste disposal company Ludwigsburg (AVL) extends with a recycling yard . On the northeast and east roofs, the field names Alte and Neue Guckenhausen refer to two devastations that have not been classified in time , which is why it is unclear whether they are related to the castle. Otherwise, the northeastern roof and the plateau are largely forested and belong to the Great Fleckenwald , which also includes the forest on the " Baiselsberg ", which towers around 80 meters higher on the other side of the Metter .
Legends
The Baiselsberg was formerly called "Böselsberg", which sounds almost like Eselsberg and suggests that these dominant mountain spurs have etymologically related roots. The tradition conveyed by Johann Ulrich Steinhofer in 1746 that the name of the Eselsberg derives from the fact that donkey dung was often brought up the mountain in the past does not seem more conclusive and rather constructed.
Further legends about the mountain are provided by Karl Eduard Paulus' description of the upper office : For example, from the “Schanzritter” who “carries his head under his arm, rides from the castle to the village of Ensingen”. In addition, the former Burgvogt Wolf von Wunnenstein stuck to the fact that this “wild hunter” had his train on Christmas Eve “from the Eselsburg to the Wunnensteln and from there back with a terrible roar, dog barking etc.”.
Recent speculations that the remains of ramparts and ditches in the vicinity of the castle are parts of a prehistoric fortress casts doubt not only on Rüdiger Krause . Paul already deprived them of the basis when he clearly assigned the relics of ramparts and ditches outside the castle stables, which were much more common at the time (around 1855), to the castle, which had a large outer bailey and walls as far as Ensingen. His description is reminiscent of the preserved facilities of the Vaihinger Castle around Kaltenstein Castle .
history
Excursion destination
From the parking lot at the Ensinger cemetery, an approximately two-kilometer hiking trail leads through vineyards and forest to the castle stables of Eselsberg Castle , first mentioned in 1188 , now often called "Eselsburg" for short, which was owned by the Lords of Eselsberg and the Counts of Vaihingen from the 11th to 14th centuries served as the headquarters.
What remained of the ruins until the 20th century was largely leveled around 1925. What remained were some wall relics and the large neck ditch, which is now spanned by a wooden bridge. In the middle of the castle stables, the Ensingen group of the Swabian Alb Association built an 18-meter-high wooden observation tower in 1925. In addition, the leveled Burgstall is dominated by a shelter, a children's playground, a barbecue area and a beer garden. The tower is open and the beer garden is open on Sundays and public holidays.
The " Eselsburg Tower " offers a wide panoramic view from its covered platform from the Löwenstein Mountains in the northeast over the Swabian Forest, the Swabian Alb and the northern Black Forest to the Schlossberg near Karlsruhe-Durlach in the west. In front of that, the Asperg , Solitude , Engelberg and the nearby Kaltenstein Castle stand out more sharply above Vaihingen. To the north, the neighboring ridge of the Baiselsberg and Wachtkopf limits the horizon.
literature
- Lothar Behr, Otto-Heinrich Elias, Manfred Scheck a. Ernst Eberhard Schmidt (ed.): History of the city of Vaihingen an der Enz , Ipa, Vaihingen 2001.
- Dieter Buck: The big book from Stromberg-Heuchelberg. Nature, culture, history, places . 1st edition. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2006, ISBN 3-87407-704-7 .
- Karl Eduard Paulus : Description of the Oberamt Vaihingen . Issued by the Royal Bureau of Statistics and Topography. Hallberger, Stuttgart 1856. Wikisource B4 , and Wikisource B9
Remarks
- ↑ Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information )
- ↑ LABW, Findbuch EL 68 VI: Landesvermessungsamt Baden-Württemberg: Land maps of the Württemberg state survey , quadrant NW (northwest of Tübingen), layer NW XLV, grid squares 6 and 7 (NW 45 06 and 45 07), LABW online
- ^ A b Karl Eduard Paulus: Description of the Oberamt Vaihingen . [...] Hallberger, Stuttgart 1856, pp. 125ff. Wikisource B4
- ↑ Desolations known as peep houses or peep houses can be found in a number of old land maps; for example in the Glemstal between Talhausen and Unterriexingen . Maybe they all come from the same settlement phase. Chronological classification and etymological derivation have not yet taken place.
- ^ Johann Ulrich Steinhofer: Honor of the Duchy of Wirtenberg in its Serene Regents - or New Wirtenberg Chronicle Second Part , Frank, Tübingen 1746, p. 310f. Google digitized version
- ^ Karl Eduard Paulus : Description of the Oberamt Vaihingen . Issued by the Royal Bureau of Statistics and Topography. Hallberger, Stuttgart 1856, p. 126. Wikisource B4
- ^ Rüdiger Krause: Early settlers around Enz and Stromberg. On the prehistory and early history of the Vaihinger area . In: Lothar Behr u. a .: History of the city of Vaihingen an der Enz , Ipa, Vaihingen 2001, p. 56.
- ↑ See Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume II, No. 457, pp. 256–260 WUB online
