The Hochburg, often also known as Hachberg Castle, is perched on a 343.6-metre-high hill above the district of Windenreute, a neighbourhood of Emmendingen, near the picturesque town of Sexau in the di...
High above the Rhine, on a steep rocky outcrop between Trechtingshausen and Assmannshausen, stands Rheinstein Castle. Anyone approaching it from the river or the main road is first struck by its drama...
Trausnitz Castle towers over the old town of Landshut, the district capital of Lower Bavaria, visible from afar. Nestled on the so-called Hofberg, a steep spur in the Lower Bavarian hills, it is not o...
Nestled deep within the picturesque Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Königstein Fortress towers high above the River Elbe – an extraordinary structure that is not only one of the largest mountain fortresses ...
Hohenurach Castle: In the heart of the Swabian Alb, where history, legends and significance converge
Some 40 kilometres south-east of Stuttgart, high above the picturesque town of Bad Urach in the district of Reutlingen, the impressive ruins of Hohenurach Castle stand at 692 metres above sea level. O...
