Fürstenberg Castle ( or simply ''Fürstenberg'', literally "Prince's Hill") is a castle in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It is located on the ''Fürstenberg'' hill in the
Baar region, near the town of
Hüfingen
Hüfingen ( Low Alemannic: ''Hifinge'') is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Breg, 4 km south of the source of the Danube.
History
Hüfingen has the historical distin ...
.
The castle was first mentioned in a deed of 1175 as a possession of the
House of Zähringen
The House of Zähringen () was a dynasty of Duchy of Swabia, Swabian nobility. The family's name derived from Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation fo ...
, which became extinct with the death of Duke
Berthold V. Around 1250, his heir Count Henry of
Urach made it his residence and thereafter was the first to call himself a
Count of Fürstenberg. The castle was devastated in the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...
, and it was never rebuilt.
Fürstenberg family residences
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