Eutinger Burgruine

Architecture, patrimoine et histoire · Landkreis Freudenstadt

Clinging to a wooded spur at about 450 metres above sea level, south-west of Eutingen im Gäu (Freudenstadt district, Baden-Württemberg), the Eutingen ruin overlooks the Eutinger Talbach stream. Also known as the Staufenberg or Eutingertal ruin, it was built in the second half of the 13th century as the seat of the Lords of Eutingen. Around 1300 it passed to the Böcklin family, one of whom, Conrad, was already styling himself "uf Utinger Thal" in 1295. Around 1350 the Counts of Hohenberg had it torn down to punish unruly vassals; rebuilding was only permitted under strict conditions. It then passed in turn to the Schütz, the von Ow, the von Wernau and, from 1723, the Schenk von Stauffenberg, before being sold for demolition in 1818. Today a round tower about five metres high survives, together with fragments of the shield wall, vaulted cellars, round-arched windows and arrow slits, reached by the hiking trails of the area.