Schenkenburg ruins (Schenkenzell)

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Schenkenburg ruins
View over the ditch to the hall and the rest of the keep with the flag

View over the ditch to the hall and the rest of the keep with the flag

Creation time : between 1220 and 1250
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Ministerialenburg
Construction: Humpback block masonry
Place: Thigh cell
Geographical location 48 ° 18 '6 "  N , 8 ° 21' 57"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '6 "  N , 8 ° 21' 57"  E
Height: 391  m above sea level NHN
Schenkenburg ruins (Baden-Württemberg)
Schenkenburg ruins

The Schenkenburg is a ruin of a hilltop castle at 391  m above sea level. NHN on a Umlaufberg in the upper Kinzig Valley near Schenkenzell in the Rottweil district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany .

history

The Schenkenburg was built in the period between 1220 and 1250 by the family of the Schenken von Zell, who also gave the village of the same name. They were ministerials of the Counts of Freiburg and took care of the mining interests in the Wittichen district for them. Other castles that owned the taverns and which also served to protect the mining area were Wittichenstein Castle and Schenkenzell Castle Stables .

In 1222 a "Hairicus decanus de Celle" was named as a witness directly after the abbot of Alpirsbach (reference to the position) in the "Salem certificate".

In 1298, Schenk Eberhard and his sons Konrad and Eberhart are named together in a document: SC PINCERNE DE SCHEnZELL is on the seal (divided shield, above a half growing eagle, below a rafter), as it is on the west facade of the Alpirsbach monastery from the two interred in the monastery abbots Walter Schenk von Schenkenberg (1303-1336) and Brun Schenk von Schenkenberg (1337-1377), whose epitaphs have been preserved on site, is (Konrad Schenk von Schenkenberg: Abt 1447, resigned 1450) -> crest panel Meinrad Keller , Donating of Schenkenberg , Burg Schenkenberg (Graf, Aargau Albrecht of Lowenstein-Schenkenberg is on the crest panel of Meinrad Keller presented the first lock owner with the growing eagle with rafters), Burg Schenkenberg , Epfendorf and convent Alpirsbach .

The castle passed into the rule of the Geroldsecker at the beginning of the 14th century , the reasons for this are not known. It is possible that disputes flared up between Count Egen and Konrad II of Freiburg and Schenk Burkhard, whereby Burkhard was also captured, as documents report. Burkhard sat at Wittichenstein Castle until 1304, and the other Schenkenzell taverns are only recorded at Schenkenzell Castle until 1299. From 1301 the castle was owned by the Geroldsecker family, in 1309 it was listed among the Geroldsecker castles. In 1312, Wittichenstein Castle was also owned by Geroldsecker, as they also act as feudal lords there. Thus, the entire rule of the Schenkenzell taverns passed into the hands of the Geroldsecker.

In 1433, during the War of the Geroldseck Succession, the castle was badly damaged, and in 1436 the Schenkenzell and Romberg castles and Wittichen monastery were still being built.

Gangolf Herr zu Geroldseck and Schenkenzell ran into increasing economic difficulties, and in 1498 he had to sell the entire property in the Kinzig valley. The Counts of Fürstenberg acted as buyers , they were able to acquire a large part of the estate for 1400 guilders, two years later they also got Wittichenstein Castle for a further 920 guilders. The castle was in 1513 as a hereditary husband loans to the Junker Hans von Weitingen. His successors were guilty of breach of loyalty, so that Count Wilhelm von Fürstenberg had to storm his own castle in 1534 and destroyed it in the process. It was not rebuilt, but has remained an impressive ruin to this day .

Building description

There are still parts of the palace , which has remained down to the third floor partially preserved, and the stump of the keep .

Coming from the north you come across the deep neck ditch via a narrow path. Parts of the kennel are still there, but some are very overgrown.

literature

  • Hermann Fautz: The Schenkenburg and the Schenkenzell rule . Schiltach 1954.
  • Hans Harter: The Schenkenburg . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden , Volume 64. Verlag des Historisches Verein für Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1984, ISSN  0342-1503 , pp. 476-486 ( online ).
  • Arthur Hauptmann: Castles then and now - castles and castle ruins in southern Baden and neighboring areas . 1st edition, Verlag des Südkurier, Konstanz 1984, ISBN 3-87799-040-1 , pp. 164–166.
  • Dieter Buck: Castles and ruins in the northern Black Forest - 33 excursions in the footsteps of knights . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1601-0 , pp. 72-74.

Web links

Commons : Ruine Schenkenburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source history: Hans Harter: Die Schenkenburg . In: Hugo Schneider (Ed.): Castles and palaces in central Baden . Series of publications: Die Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden , p. 478ff.