Heidburg (castle)
| Heidburg | ||
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 Heidburg - castle hill with castle courtyard (left) |
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| Alternative name (s): | Steinschlössle | |
| Creation time : | before 1284 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, ditch | |
| Standing position : | Nobles, counts | |
| Place: | Hofstetten | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 13 '39 " N , 8 ° 4' 9.5" E | |
| Height: | 621.7 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Heidburg , also called Steinschlössle , is an abandoned hilltop castle at 621.7 m above sea level. NHN high mountain cone between Kinzig and Elz near the municipality of Hofstetten in the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg .
history
The builders of the Heidburg are unknown - the Counts of Fürstenberg are believed to have owned the castle repeatedly. In 1284, the castle complex was first mentioned as "Burg zu Haidberg" when it was sold to the Lords of Schwarzenberg . In the 14th century the castle was pledged by the Fürstenbergers to the gentlemen giving ("Geburen") and then to the gentlemen Malterer . Kaspar von Klingenberg and various lords of Blumenegg , Heinrich von Geroldseck and Bernhard von Eberstein , Konrad von Tübingen-Lichteneck and Berthold von Staufen as well as the Swiss Counts of Falkenstein were also part owners of the Ganerbeburg . In 1519 Jakob von Falkenstein sold the entire Heidburg to Count Friedrich von Fürstenberg . The Heidburg was destroyed before 1623. In the 19th century the inner castle area served as a quarry, which explains the name Steinschlössle . Strategically, the Heidburg was to be seen as a border castle between the rule of Kinzigtal and the Elztal. A moat and a well shaft are still preserved from the former castle complex .
The Heidburg is located near the Black Forest crossroad Rottweil – Lahr and the Zweälersteig .
literature
- Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume 7, Tübingen 1908, pp. 621–622 ( digitized version of the Heidelberg University Library ).
- Otto Göller: The Heidburg . In: Die Ortenau : Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden, Issue 21: Castles and Palaces of Central Baden , 1934, pp. 396–399 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Manfred Hildenbrand: The Heidburg . In: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Middle Baden, 50th annual volume 1970, pp. 449–456 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Manfred Hildenbrand: The Heidburg . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Burgen und Schlösser in Mittelbaden , The Ortenau: Journal of the Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Volume 64. Verlag des Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1984, pp. 411-418 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Kurt Klein: Castles, palaces and ruins - witnesses of the past in the Ortenau district . Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 3-922663-47-8 , pp. 35–36.
See also
- Heidburg (Passhöhe) : a pass of the same name southeast of the Heidburg
Web links
- Entry on Heidburg near Hofstetten in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Heidburg at alemannische-seiten.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Hofstetten - old community ~ part of town. leo-bw.de , accessed on June 25, 2019 .