Burgholz Castle

The castle ruin Burgholz is the remnant of a hilltop castle on a 663 m above sea level high hill southeast of the village of Raitbach, a district of Schopfheim in the Lörrach district in Baden-Württemberg.

The castle, presumably built around 1250, is probably Neuenstein Castle, which is mentioned in 1283 as being owned by the Lords of Stein. Later the castle was called Steineck, for example in the 16th century, when Margrave Christoph of Baden enfeoffed Apollinaris Höcklin with the Sattelhof and the nearby castle. The latter was referred to as a "Burgstadel" (castle barn) and was thus probably already a ruin. The Höcklin family was ennobled and subsequently appears as "Höcklin von Steineck". For the castle ruin, the current name "Burgholz" has finally been found since the 17th century. Of the formerly extensive castle complex, the castle hill, wall remains and the neck ditch are still preserved today.