Henschenberg ruins

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Henschenberg ruins
Wall remains of the former castle.

Wall remains of the former castle.

Alternative name (s): Altenstein?
Creation time : probably 12th or 13th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Ruin, neck ditch, wall remains, ceramic and brick rubble
Place: Zell im Wiesental
Geographical location 47 ° 42 '31.3 "  N , 7 ° 50' 23.8"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '31.3 "  N , 7 ° 50' 23.8"  E
Henschenberg ruins (Baden-Württemberg)
Henschenberg ruins

The ruin Henschenberg is the ruin of a spur castle on the Henschenberg west of the city of Zell im Wiesental in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg .

location

Northwest of the Unterer Henschenberg residential area and southwest of the Oberer Henschenberg residential area between Fischbach and Henschenbach about 130 meters north of the confluence of the Fischbach and the Henschenbach. The best way to get there is from Zell via the Gresgener Weg.

description

From the extensive castle complex a neck ditch as well as wall and building remains still exist today. The latter probably belong to an earlier residential tower , a bering and another, as yet unidentifiable building. In addition, there is surface rubble with ceramic and brick remains from the 14th and 15th centuries, which indicates that the castle was still inhabited around 1400. The complex was probably built in the 12th or 13th century, but so far no excavations have been carried out that could provide more detailed information.

history

Little is known about the history of the castle. While some researchers assume that the ruins on the Henschenberg are the ruins of the documented Altenstein Castle of the Lords of Stein , others identify the Altenstein with an abandoned castle near the hamlet of Altenstein (see Altenstein Castle ) and thus on the District of Häg-Ehrsberg .

literature

  • Klaus Schubring : Where was Altenstein Castle? . In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/2012, pp. 106–117.
  • Werner Meyer : Castles from A to Z - Burgenlexikon der Regio. Published by the Castle Friends of both Basels on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. Klingental printing works, Basel 1981, p. 16
  • Christian Adolf Müller: Castles and palaces in the Markgräflerland. V. Burgstellen und Schlösser im Wiesental , special edition 1973, pp. 60–61 Digitalised version of the Freiburg University Library with a floor plan of the castle complex

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Werner Meyer : Castles from A to Z - Burgenlexikon der Regio. Published by the Castle Friends of both Basels on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. Klingental printing works, Basel 1981, p. 16
  2. ↑ Boris Bigott, Häg (Häg-Ehrsberg, LÖ) in: Alfons Zettler and Thomas Zotz (eds.): Die Burgen im Mittelalterlichen Breisgau II - southern part , half volume AK, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-7366-5 , P. 244–47, Werner Meyer: Burgen von A to Z - Burgenlexikon der Regio. Published by the Castle Friends of both Basels on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. Klingental printing works, Basel 1981, p. 16. Also based on ceramic finds by Heiko Wagner. Early castles in southern Baden: prospecting results as building blocks for state history. In: Marburg Working Group for European Castle Research (Hg.), News on Castle Registration and Castle Research in Baden-Württemberg. Contributions to the conference in Esslingen am Neckar, November 10 to 12, 2016. European Correspondence Journal for Interdisciplinary Castellogie Volume 4, pp. 333–365, Radebeul, 2018. Here pp. 344–347
  3. ↑ Klaus Schubring : Where was Altenstein Castle? . In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/2012, pp. 106–117.