Ramstein ruins (Schramberg)

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Ramstein ruins
Creation time : before 1137
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Construction: Humpback cuboid
Place: Schramberg and Tennenbronn
Geographical location 48 ° 11 '23.6 "  N , 8 ° 23' 4.9"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '23.6 "  N , 8 ° 23' 4.9"  E
Height: 688  m above sea level NN
Ramstein ruins (Baden-Württemberg)
Ramstein ruins

The Burg Ramstein is the ruin of a height castle on a wooded ridge about 688 meters above sea level in the valley of the upper Schiltach between Schramberg and Tennenbronn in district Rottweil in Baden-Württemberg .

history

Ramstein Castle, built before 1137, was the eponymous political center of the Lords of Ramstein , who emerged from the Lords of Obereschach . This line died out around 1280, after which their rule passed to the lords of Falkenstein-Ramstein . In 1411 the castle was besieged, conquered and destroyed by troops of Konrad von Fürstenberg (1408–1418 / 19) and the city of Strasbourg , and in 1428 it was restored. In 1449, the Ramstein was finally in the possession of Elisabeth von Rechberg, wife of Hans von Rechberg († 1464).

The castle itself is only mentioned in the written historical sources at the beginning of the 15th century , while the preserved sandstone humpbacks of the castle wall point to the time around 1250, remnants of the wall on the mountain side with its natural stones point to an even earlier date. In any case, the St. Georgen land board from 1606 and the foundations reveal a small, only 400 square meter complex with a moat, wall, gate, gate tower, inner courtyard and hall.

Final destruction of the castle

In 1451 Hans von Rechberg and Heinrich von Eisenburg started a feud against the Swabian Association of Cities by capturing the merchants Jörg Ehinger from Ulm and Rudolf Muntprat from Ravensburg and bringing them to the Ramstein. The cities paid them a ransom of 5,200 guilders for the prisoners, but after their release in July 1452 they marched in front of the castle with 1,100 foot soldiers and 200 horsemen, who then besieged them for four days. On July 19, the castle was captured after the massive use of incendiary arrows . Weapons found in the fortification (small bullets, crossbow bolts, swords) prove that after the attackers had passed through the burnt down castle gate, there must have been violent fighting inside the castle. The Zimmerische Chronik reports in detail about the destruction of the Ramstein: “Do you put in power, but were only six days before that, you won it, no matter with no storm or violence, but you shot and threw so many fires into the castle thereupon those in the castle were given a shot that they didn't delete. It burned vil profiant and ain great good in it ”. 1454 ordered Emperor Friedrich III. Peace negotiations between Rechberg and the imperial cities, which surprisingly put the Rechberger in the right. He received 14,000 guilders compensation from the city union for the destruction of the Ramstein. With this money he did not rebuild the castle, but used it to build the Hohenschramberg fortress .

Building description

The castle complex, which was built in a humpback square construction, has an area of ​​around 400 square meters. It is separated from the mountain side by a wide ditch and was originally surrounded by a circular wall . The castle had a gate tower , a round corner tower and a palace and was additionally secured on the valley side by masonry. In the center of the facility was a small inner courtyard. Today only a few remains of the wall are visible.

literature

  • Moritz Seeburger: Three iron cubes from Ramstein Castle. Evidence for composite projectiles for firearms from the mid-15th century. In: Waffen- und Costumekunde , 59 (2017), pp. 31–50.
  • Lothar Späth: Castles around Schramberg . In: Schramberg. Dominion - Markflecken - industrial city . Published by the Schramberg Museum and History Association and the large district town of Schramberg. Schramberg 2004, pp. 95-104.
  • Oskar Dambach: Schramberg. Place and rule. From the oldest times to the present . Schramberg 1904.
  • Alfons Brauchle: ruins of once fortified castles . Schramberg 1967.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zimmerische Chronik . ( Wikisource )