Grenzach Castle

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Grenzach Castle
Grenzach moated castle around 1688

Grenzach moated castle around 1688

Alternative name (s): Grenzach moated castle, Grenzacher Schlössle, Bärenfels castle
Creation time : before 1315
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: The south wing still exists
Standing position : Gentry
Place: Grenzach
Geographical location 47 ° 33 '19.8 "  N , 7 ° 39' 17.5"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '19.8 "  N , 7 ° 39' 17.5"  E
Grenzach Castle (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Grenzach Castle

The Grenzach Castle was a surge or Weiherhaus ( Wyger Hus ) in the district of the town of Grenzach Grenzach-Wyhlen ( district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg , dated) the first known mention of the 1315th

history

The first mention of the moated castle known today can be found in a directory of the annual interest rates of the Predigerkloster Basel . At that time, the castle belonged to the Basel family of Vorgassen, known as the Hagedorn.

In 1445 the palace was owned by Peter von Hegenheim, a Basel resident of eight citizens. During the Old Zurich War , in which Basel fought in alliance with Bern and Rheinfelden with the Habsburgs and their aristocratic supporters, the castle was burned by the troops of the Habsburg Duke Albrecht IV . In November 1448 the castle was set on fire again by the Habsburgs.

The Lords of Bärenfels 1491–1735

In 1491 the Lords of Bärenfels received the castle and the upper village of Grenzach as a fief from Margrave Philipp von Hachberg-Sausenberg . The Grenzacher line of the Lords of Bärenfels, founded in 1601, took its seat at Grenzach Castle.

In 1688 the palace area consisted of a large residential building on the east side and the building on the south side, which still exists today. The area was protected to the north and west by a wall with loopholes, and a gate tower stood in the western wall. This entire covered area was surrounded by a pond. The dairy and farm buildings were outside the pond on the west side.

During the Palatinate War of Succession , the castle was occupied by French troops in 1689 and badly damaged. The Bärenfels were no longer able to renovate the castle, and in 1735 Friedrich von Bärenfels sold his fiefdom to the margrave Karl III. Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach . The castle was still a votive castle with 12 rooms, and that included a farmyard and farm buildings .

Owned by the margraves (1735 to 1767)

The margraves initially leased the castle to Ludwig Christoph Naber, the village judge of Grenzach. In 1744, the dilapidated, larger east wing of the castle had to be demolished, which is why in the time afterwards only a castle was spoken of. The Schlössle was then leased to the Basel innkeeper Nikolaus Frantz and subsequently to the Basel bidder Heinrich Dürrenberg and later the Grenzacher Hans Steiner. Reports repeatedly pointed to the dilapidated condition of the entire facility.

Further decline and final renovation

In 1767 the margraviate sold the property to the municipality of Grenzach, which in 1769 sold it to the eastern Swiss textile manufacturer Johannes Neef. The authorities gave him permission to open a cloth factory. In 1781 Johann Rudolf Burckhardt from Basel bought the property from Neef's estate. The buildings are still described as dilapidated. After further changes of ownership, Johann Jakob Imhof from Basel appears as the sole owner of the Schlössle from 1820, and his descendants remained the owners until 1913. Johann Jakob Imhof-Roschet renovated the castle to a high standard at the beginning of the 19th century. A classical extension was also built here. In 1913 the Imhof family sold it to Fritz Hoffmann , one of the founders of Hoffmann, Traub & Cie (today F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG ). The building was then transferred to the von Hoffmann company in 1916, which furnished a factory apartment in it in 1919. Since 1970 Hoffmann-La Roche has provided rooms for art exhibitions in the Schlössle. In 1996 the community exchanged a property with the Hoffmann-La Roche company and took over the Schlössle. In view of the necessary renovation measures, the company was happy to have a private buyer in 2007.

literature

  • Erhard Richter : The Grenzacher Schlössle has an eventful history. In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 1/1996, pp. 110–121 digital copy of the Freiburg University Library
  • Josef Bader : A trip to Lake Constance. Grenzach In: Badenia 1859, pp. 119–129; especially 128–129 online in the Google book search
  • Franz Xaver Kraus : The Art Monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume Five: District of Lörrach , Tübingen and Leipzig, 1901, p. 11 ( online )
  • 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. 15.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Monastery archives Prediger B Directory of annual interest rates, 14th century-15th Century in the Basel State Archives ; quoted from Richter p. 110. see also Grenzach entry in the local lexicon of Baden-Württemberg ( memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / maja.bsz-bw.de
  2. ↑ see Julius Kindler von Knobloch : Upper Baden gender book. Heidelberg 1894, Volume 1, pp. 379, 382 online at Heidelberg University Library
  3. ↑ s. Judge p. 110
  4. ↑ s. Judge p. 111
  5. ↑ s. Judge p. 113
  6. ↑ see Hermann Wider: Profanarchitektur in Grenzach-Wyhlen. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 2/2001, pp. 22–47, here p. 30 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  7. ↑ see Nagenast