...And in English

This is an excerpt from the Kaiserstuhl-Tuniberg Vacation and Travel Guide:

The lay of Burkheim had already been settled by the Bronze and Urn-field Ages, and the name of the city first appears in the written record in 762 AD. King Charles IV gave the city rights in 1348. The middle town, which gets its exciting feel from its harmonic and closed-off appearance, is under protection as a historical landmark, and is enclosed by the baroque city gate (renovated in the 18th century) and dominated by the castle ruins [where we'll be celebrating! ~JL]... The middle town is closed off by the Church of St. Pankratius, first mentioned in the 10th and 11th centuries and renovated to the baroque style in 1742... The paintings on the walls and ceiling (completed in 1500 and 1540, respectively) surely belong to the most meaningful in the Kaiserstuhl. The baroque high altar with hand-finished tabernacle, built by the Freiburg mason Anton Xaver Hauser, was constructed in 1740. [This would make a good place for the church ceremony, no? ~JL] The castle ruins tower above Burkheim... Lazarus von Schwendi built his palace upon the castle foundations in 1561. The French burned the Renaissance-style building to the ground in 1672. [Thanks a million, France! ~JL]

If you're already a fan of Google Earth, you can find the Burkheim castle ruins at 48°06'00.38"N,7°35'46.35"E