Wiesneck Castle

Wiesneck Castle is a ruined fort within the village of Wiesneck inside the municipality of Buchenbach within the Southern Black Forest inside the county of Breisgau Hochschwarzwald inside the southwest German kingdom of Baden Wurttemberg. The fort became first stated in 1079 and changed into inside the possession of the counts of Haigerloch. In 1096, a person become named after the castle for the primary time whilst Count Adalberg of Haigerloch called himself von Haigerloch Wiesneck. The fortress changed into constructed on the threshold of the territory of the ruling Zahringen family, so the lords of the castle hooked up themselves right away next to their opponents.

In 1118, Bruno of Haigerloch Wiesneck founded St. Margen's Abbey. Around 1121, the fortress was first destroyed, through Zahringens, however turned into quickly rebuilt by them. The family of the Counts of Haigerloch Wiesneck died out in 1170, whereupon citadel and property went to the counts of Hohenberg. They sold it in 1293. During the Peasants War, the citadel become overrun through a Haufen of rebellious peasants underneath Hans von Bulgenbach and destroyed, but in part rebuilt soon afterwards.