The Hohenmelchingen ruins, also called Melchingen, are the ruins of a hilltop castle on the “Halde” at about 825 meters above sea level southeast of Melchingen, a district of Burladingen in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg.

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The Hohenmelchingen ruins, also called Melchingen, are the ruins of a hilltop castle on the "Halde" at about 825 meters above sea level southeast of Melchingen, a district of Burladingen in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg. The castle complex, which is one of the largest in the "Sonnenalb", had a keep, a palace (former front building), a bathhouse, a rear building, an oven, a vaulted cellar, an upper, middle and lower castle courtyard, cisterns, a southern and western kennel, a southern and western enclosure wall with gate and gate as well as moats and ramparts.
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1. Alb Plateau near Melchingen – Hohenerpfingen Castle Ruins loop from Melchingen

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2. Hohenmelchingen Castle Ruins – Hölnstein Castle Ruins loop from Erpfingen

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3. Alb Plateau near Melchingen – Hohenmelchingen Castle Ruins loop from Burgruine Hohenmelchingen

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Location: Burladingen, Zollernalbkreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Alb Plateau near Melchingen – Hohenerpfingen Castle Ruins loop from Melchingen

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