No. 44679
Burg Entenburg
Germany
CastleRestored16th century
No. 27633
Castle · Germany
Burg Neu-Tannegg (Burg Boll)
CastleRuinPartially restored
No. 27633 · 47.840 N, 8.356 E
Quick summary
Burg Neu-Tannegg (Burg Boll) is a castle in Germany, listed as reference No. 27633.
Burg Neu-Tannegg (Burg Boll) is a castle in Germany with origins associated with the 12th century.
See all castles in GermanyBurg Neu-Tannegg sits above Bonndorf, Germany; it was erected after 1200 by the Lords of Boll, who served as ministeriales to the Freiherren von Krenkingen.
The castle began as the seat of the Lords of Boll in the early medieval period following 1200. Control passed in the mid-1200s to the Lords of Tannegg. In 1294 the property moved into the hands of the Lords of Blumberg, who then transferred it to the related Lords of Blumegg; these changes reflect repeated transfers among regional noble families during the thirteenth century.
In 1366 Egloff von Wolfurt purchased the estate. Ownership later passed to the Lords of Rechberg. Around 1400 a rockslide severely damaged the complex, destroying its northern section. By 1460 contemporary records regularly describe the place as a Burgstall, a term indicating a former castle site. In 1467 Count Johann von Lupfen acquired the property. The castle is also known in historical records as Burg Boll. Commentary links the site with control of the Dietfurt ford on the Wutach, suggesting a strategic role guarding that crossing.
Condition
Perched on a ridge at 695 meters above sea level above the Wutach Gorge, the surviving layout shows a compact hilltop stronghold adapted to steep terrain. The visible traces form an enclosed plateau with defensive walls and a former residential building, laid out to take advantage of a projecting rock spur over the gorge.
Fragments of the enclosing wall remain and mark the former circuit of the castles defensive perimeter. These wall remnants belong to the medieval phase that began after 1200 and survive in fragmentary form on the eastern plateau, where the enclosure follows the rock spur that projects into the Wutach Gorge.
The south side of the main residential building, or palas, is preserved in part and bears narrow firing openings interpreted as arrow slits along with an area identified as the former access. Historical depictions show the west corner of this south wall and the outer face at the narrow approach to the castle plateau, indicating how the entrance and south front once looked; these elements belong to the castles original medieval phase and survive only as ruins.
A neck ditch cuts across the approach toward the higher-lying mountainside, serving as a defensive obstacle associated with the medieval occupation. The northern slope shows an abruption caused by the rockslide dated to around 1400, which destroyed that sector and left the ruin with a broken northern face. Ring wall remnants are visible on the eastern terrace above the gorge, preserving the line of the fortification on the spur.
Today the site exists as a ruin and access is restricted because of danger of collapse; a sign reading “Zutritt verboten” is posted at the location.
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