Burkheim rule
The Lordship of Burkheim , based at Burkheim Castle in Burkheim am Kaiserstuhl , today a district of Vogtsburg in the Kaiserstuhl in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district ( Baden-Württemberg ), came to the Einsiedeln monastery in the 10th century .
In 1560 Lazarus von Schwendi received the pledge of the castle, town and rule of Burkheim with Oberrotweil , Oberbergen , Vogtsburg and Jechtingen . Burkheim Castle was built on the site of a ruined castle and was destroyed by French troops in 1673. The last imperial lord of Burkheim was Egid Joseph Karl von Fahnenberg .
As part of the mediatization in 1806, the rule of Burkheim came under the sovereignty of the Grand Duchy of Baden .
literature
- Gerhard Köbler : Historical lexicon of the German countries. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , pp. 107-108.
Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 35 ′ 46 ″ E