Wenzelstein ruins (Winzeln)

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Wenceslas Castle
The Wenzelstein seen from the Burzel

The Wenzel stone from Burzel seen from

Alternative name (s): Tiny
Creation time : before 1100
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Rubble bars and relief terrain
Standing position : Noble Free
Place: Hausen am Tann -Winzeln
Geographical location 48 ° 12 '57 "  N , 8 ° 50' 33"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '57 "  N , 8 ° 50' 33"  E
Height: 951.4  m above sea level NHN
Wenzelstein ruins (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Wenzelstein ruins

The ruins of Wenzelstein , also known as Winzeln , are the remains of the high medieval hilltop castle visible today at 951.4  m above sea level. NN of the Lords of Winzeln southwest of the Lochenstein in the municipality of Hausen am Tann in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

history

A manor house in Winzeln existed since the 7th / 8th. Century below the Wenzelstein. The hilltop castle was built (after evaluations of ceramic finds) before 1100. It was located on the territory of the Scherragrafschaft . Around 1200 the castle was given up again for residential purposes.

The lords of Winzeln appear in documents as witnesses to the founding of the Sankt Georgen and Alpirsbach monasteries at the end of the 11th century. You are moving out of the region very soon. Between 1240 and 1249 Hugo and Heinrich von Winzeln were mentioned in connection with the German Order Coming Beuggen on the Upper Rhine . In 1253 goods and people from Meßstetten, Tieringen and Hossingen belong to the Winzeln rule. Around 1300 Count Friedrich von Zollern owned an estate and serfs in Winzeln. Knight Heinrich von Tierberg acquired the village of Tieringen and its rights in neighboring Winzeln from the Counts of Hohenberg in 1345 .

After Winzeln, a side branch of the Lords of Digisheim was named "Grüninger" in the 14th and 15th centuries. The further history of the ruin is related to Oberhausen, which lies below the castle .

description

former cistern of the castle

The Wenceslas falls vertically on three sides. On the open side, which rises about 12 meters, the castle on top was secured with a moat and wall. Where the steeply sloping rock alone was not enough, pre-fortifications were created, which were possibly only secured by palisades or walls and were not used for residential or commercial purposes. Apart from that, the area of ​​an outer bailey and a core bailey can be differentiated. In the area of ​​the main castle, rubble bars reveal a former development. A 3 meter deep, formerly walled up cistern can also still be seen in the area.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Krauss: Local and Church History of Meßstetten . 75th anniversary of the church. Ed .: Organ Fund Pastor Peter Gall. Meßstetten, S. 14 .
  2. ↑ Holdings Ho156 T1 Nr3 on Landesarchiv-BW.de
  3. ↑ Upper Baden gender book , p. 222. Digitized, UB Uni Heidelberg

literature

  • Günter Schmitt : Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalb district . Published by the Zollernalbkreis district office, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0186-6 , pp. 226–229.
  • Christoph Bizer: Surface finds of castles in the Swabian Alb - A contribution to ceramic and castle research . Published by the regional council Stuttgart - State Office for Monument Preservation, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2038-7 , pp. 248-50.
  • Günter Schmitt: Castle Guide Swabian Alb, Volume 5 - West Alb: Hiking and discovering between Reutlingen and Spaichingen . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1993, ISBN 3-924489-65-3 , pp. 353-358.
  • Christoph Bizer, Rolf Götz: Forgotten castles of the Swabian Alb . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , pp. 79-80.

Web links

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