Üsenberg Castle

Üsenberg Castle
Üsenberg Near Breisach in Germany
Üsenberg Castle Üsenberg Castle
Coordinates	48°02′33.9″N 7°34′28.7″E
Type	hill castle, Burgstall
Site information
Owner	lords of Üsenberg
Site history
Built	11th century
Built by	lords of Üsenberg

The Üsenberg Castle (Template:Lang-de; Template:Lang-gsw) was a ruined hill castle near the city of Breisach in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

The castle was built in the 11th century as the family seat of the lords of Üsenberg. It was located just north of the emerging town of Breisach. The information about its destruction are unclear and contradictory. The castle was possibly destroyed by the inhabitants of Breisach in the 1240s. As a replacement, the lords of Üsenberg obtained the Höhingen Castle near Achkarren. In 1291, the Üsenberg Castle was considered a Burgstall. In 1320, the lords of Üsenberg sold the lot of the former castle to the city inhabitants.

There are no remains of the former castle.

Bibliography

• Alfons Zettler; Thomas Zotz (ed.) (2003). Die Burgen im mittelalterlichen Breisgau, I. Nördlicher Teil: Halbband A-K (in German). Ostfildern: Jan Thorbecke Verlag. pp. 54–56. ISBN 3-7995-7364-X. {{cite book}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
• Franz Xaver Kraus (1904). "Erste Abtheilung – Kreis Freiburg". Die Kunstdenkmäler des Großherzogthums Baden (in German). Vol. 6. Tübingen and Leipzig. pp. 3–4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Rainer Kiewat (2006). Die Burgen der Üsenberger: Kirnburg, Burg Üsenberg, Burg Riegel, Burg Höhingen (in German). Kenzingen.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)