Eschbach (Markgräflerland)

Eschbach is a town in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.EtymologyThe toponym Eschbach is a composed word consisting of the German words Esche.WeinstettenWeinstetten is a vanished village on the territory of Eschbach which was mentioned for the first time in 896 as Vizzilistat and was destroyed by the flood of the Rhine in 1482.Weinstetter HofOnly the farmhouse which has since been called Weinstetter Hof to the north of the former village was spared from the flood. In 1271 the Lords of Üsenberg had sold the estate to the Knights of Saint John of Freiburg. Aroud 1606 the Prince Grand Prior of Rosenbach built the mansion. It was restored in 2012.