Waldstein Castle (german: Burg Waldstein) is a ruined castle on an eminence near ''Franzosenhof'' in the Waldstein valley near the village of
Fischerbach
Fischerbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
History
The town was first registered in 1139. The village was part of the Gengenbach monastery and the "Herren von Wolfach" (a noble family first registered in ...
in
Ortenaukreis
Ortenaukreis ( gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Ortenaukrais; french: Arrondissement de l'Ortenau) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (clockwise from north) Rastatt, Freudenstadt, Rottwe ...
in the south German state of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
.
The
hill castle
A hill castle or mountain castle is a castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain. It is a term derived from the German ''Höhenburg'' used in categorising castle sites by their topographical location. Hill castles ...
was built by the lords of Waldstein, was mentioned in the records in 1353, but fell into ruins after 1500. Of the former castle site on a rock plateau of 40 by 10 metres, only a few sections of the ruined walls remain.
See also
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List of castles in Baden-Württemberg
Numerous castles can be found in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events, domains of famous personalities and are still imposing buildings to ...
Sources
* Klein, Kurt (1997). ''Burgen, Schlösser und Ruinen. Zeugen der Vergangenheit im Ortenaukreis''. Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag. Offenburg.
External links
Waldstein Castle at burgeninventar.de
Ruined castles in Germany
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