Schneeburg is a castle ruin between
Ebringen
Ebringen (Breisgau) is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Geography
Ebringen is located about 5 km (3 mi) south of Freiburg at the Schoenberg and belongs to the Freib ...
and
Freiburg, Germany
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...
. The ruins are at an altitude of 516 metres (1693 feet) on the western summit of
Schönberg.
History
The castle was first mentioned in 1312 and was built by the Lords of Hornberg. In 1349, Werner von Hornberg handed ownership of the castle over to 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 ...
and became ruler of
Ebringen
Ebringen (Breisgau) is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Geography
Ebringen is located about 5 km (3 mi) south of Freiburg at the Schoenberg and belongs to the Freib ...
. Schneeburg was most likely abandoned before 1500. It has been claimed that the castle was destroyed in 1525 during the
German Peasants' War, but this can not be confirmed.
[Edmund Weeger in ''Der Schönberg'', Helge Körner (Hrsg.), Lavori-Verlag, Freiburg (2006), , S.286 u. 323]
Current Conditions
All that remains today are part of a tower and living quarters. The Ruin is about 37 metres (121 ft) long and 17 metres (56 ft) wide. On the north side is the rest of the four-storey tower with two windows. The well also remains in good condition in the courtyard.
Photos
Image:Ebringen-ruine-schneeburg-3.jpg, Tower
Image:Ebringen-ruine-schneeburg-4.jpg, Inner Courtyard
Image:Ebringen-ruine-schneeburg-5.jpg, Inner Courtyard, South Side
Further reading
* H. Bender, K.-B. Knappe & K. Wilke: ''Burgen im südlichen Baden'', Freiburg i. Br., Schillinger, 1979.
* W. Fahl: ''Vor den Toren Freiburgs – Schönberg-Batzenberg-Panorama'', Freiburg i. Br., Kehrer, 1986.
* A. Hauptmann: ''Burgen einst und jetzt'', Band 2, Konstanz,
Südkurier
The Südkurier is a regional daily newspaper in Germany serving the regions northwest of Lake Constance, Hochrhein and Black Forest with its headquarters Konstanz, Germany. The paper appears with a circulation of around 130,000, six times per w ...
, 1987.
References
External links
* http://www.burgtour.de/burgen/burg-schneeburg-bw.html
* http://www.freiburgbilder.de/fb_schneeburg.htm
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Ruined castles in Germany