Randenburg (Randen)
| Randenburg | ||
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| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Barons | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 45 '5 " N , 8 ° 32' 19" O | |
| Height: | 896 m above sea level M. | |
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The Randenburg is a spur castle in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland , which was built around 1175 probably by order of Diethelm von Krenkingen and fell into ruin in the 15th century .
location
The castle lies at 896 m above sea level. M. high above Schleitheim on a rock spur of the castle edge , which drops steeply on three sides. The Schleitheimer Randenturm stands directly on the ruins . The Randen is the continuation of the Aargau Table Jura and at the same time the link between the Swiss Jura and the Swabian Alb. Slightly corrugated plateaus were created on flat limestone slabs, with sharply cut upper edges that break off steeply against box-shaped valleys. The widely visible edges gave the area its name.
The castle still has a moat east and west of the ruin and a few small remains of the wall.
history
The castle was the ancestral seat of the von Randenburg knightly family named after them , who were originally ministerials of the Reichenau monastery , which had possessions in Schleitheim. From 1298 to 1376 the Randenburgers provided the mayor of Schaffhausen . The family split into the Schultheissen and the Rote von Randenburg , only lost their influential position in Schaffhausen politics in 1415, when they were deposed as Habsburg bailiffs of the city, became impoverished during this time, like many noble families, and died out in the 15th century. Documents allow the conclusion that the castle still stood and was inhabited around 1400, but was then abandoned and quickly fell into disrepair. According to Johann Jakob Rüeger , the Randenburgers were related to the lords of the Burg Randeck and Randegg castles . The Randenburgers also sat at Tüsental Castle .
In 1490, Schleitheim came into possession of half the edge of the castle as a fief of the Reichenau monastery. In 1555 Schleitheim managed to buy the other half including the ruins from the Spital zum Heiligen Geist in Schaffhausen .
Web links
- Martin Leonhard: Randenburg, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Castle world: Randenburg
- Johann Jacob Schalch: Memories from the history of the city of Schaffhausen . P. 70 ff., Online in the Google book search
photos
Drawing of the ruin around 1820
Possible appearance of the castle
Plan of the ruin around 1885
Dig in the east of the ruin
Preserved wall
Way to the ruin on the edge of the castle
Coat of arms of the knight family
