Romburg

Romburg
Alternative name (s):	Rumberg, Romberg, Ronburg, Ruwenberg
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach
Geographical location	48 ° 22 '23.8 "  N , 8 ° 16' 56.1"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '23.8 "  N , 8 ° 16' 56.1"  E

The Romburg even Rumberg , Romberg , Ronburg and Ruwenberg called, is an Outbound hilltop castle on a hill above the Wildschapbachtal in the district of the community Schapbach Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

history

The origin of the castle name is traced back to the Middle High German basic word ron (e) (= tree stump), which is why one can assume that the Ronberg is a mountain on which the forest was cut down (for the purpose of building the castle).

Presumably the castle was related to the Zähringer and could have been the seat of the Counts of Sulz as local rulers around 1220 . The castle was called "Rumberg" in 1309 and was owned by the Lords of Hohengeroldseck in 1315 as "Ruwenberg" (= wooded mountain). In 1467, as a result of a subsequent contracting, the castle was a Strasbourg man fief , before it came under the rule of Fürstenberg in 1490 , after which it was not redeemed by the Geroldseckers. During the 200 years of its existence, it has been mentioned in documents over a dozen times.

The castle stable only shows a large hill and the well recognizable neck ditch . The cellar vaults of the former castle are said to be preserved under the “Zur Tanne” inn. Presumably it was a tower castle to secure a trade route.

Caution: In the case of written sources, there is a possibility of confusion with the Rauenburg (Ruwenberg, Rauwenburg), which was also in the possession of the von Geroldseck family.

literature

• Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume 7, Tübingen 1908, p. 648 ( digitized version of the Heidelberg University Library ).
• Franz Disch: Romberg . In: Die Ortenau : Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden, 21st issue: Castles and Palaces of Central Baden , 1934, p. 417 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
• Hermann Fautz: The Romburg and the Romberg rule . In: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Middle Baden, 50th annual volume 1970, pp. 333-340 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
• Hans-Gottfried Haas: The Romburg in the Upper Wolftal . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Mittelbaden, Volume 64, Verlag des Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1984, pp. 455–456 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).

Web links

• Entry on Romburg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
• Romburg Castle at burgenarchiv.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Albert Sandfuchs: Where does the name Schapbach come from? In: The Ortenau. Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden. 53rd year, Offenburg 1973, pp. 252-257. To the “Feste Romberg” on page 254 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
2. ↑ Schapbach - Altgemeinde ~ sub-town at leo-bw.de
3. ^ Romburg ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at pointoo.de