Eschbach is a town in the

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (french: Arrondissement de Brisgau-Haute-Forêt-Noire) is a (district) in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Fifty towns and municipalities with 133 settlements lie within the district. The district itself belon ...

district,

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Etymology

The

toponym Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...

''Eschbach'' is a composed word consisting of the

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words ''Esche'' (

ash Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...

tree) and ''Bach'' (brook). However, the settlement is first mentioned in a document of the

Abbey of Saint Gall The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot w ...

of 807 under the name ''Ascabah''. ''Asca'' is

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meaning burnt ''

''. On the other hand, the Geographical Dictionary of the Archive of Baden-Württemberg relates it to ''aspa'' (Old High German for ''

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'').

Weinstetten

Weinstetten is a vanished village on the territory of Eschbach which was mentioned for the first time in 896 as ''Vizzilistat'' and was destroyed by the flood of the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

in 1482.

Weinstetter Hof

Only the farmhouse which has since been calle
Weinstetter Hof
to the north of the former village was spared from the flood. In 1271 the Lords of Üsenberg had sold the estate to the

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of Freiburg. Around 1606 the Prince Grand Prior of Rosenbach built the mansion. It was restored in 2012.

Reading

* Journa
''Das Markgräflerland''
2/2010 with three articles about Eschbach
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Weinstetter Hof
booklet of 24 pages with fotos and detailed information

References

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