The rectangular castle lies on a hilltop of the Schönberg at 550 meters above sea level in a north-south direction.[14] It is about 38 meters long and 16 meters wide and is surrounded by a wide moat, absent on the steep east side and dug deepest in the rock on the north side. The excavation of the ditch partly serves as a pre-wall. The ditch, the construction, the structure of the masonry, the missing keep (the northern narrow side could have been raised in the manner of a shield wall), the remains of window jambs made of red sandstone that were reinstalled on the northern window of the west side and all of this during ten inspections by Heiko Wagner Material found between 2000 and 2005 points to the late 13th century and around 1300.

The building stock was secured in 1905 and partially reconstructed. The northwest corner is the best preserved with a height of about 13.50 meters. On the approximately 4 meter high, windowless ground floor (stable or storage room), a residential building with one window each is bricked up over two storeys. Unless it was created during the renovation in 1905, the remains of a wall above it could be the wall of the attic. The northern part is considered the main building, which housed the owner's residence and a hall. No statements can be made about the shape of the roof of the castle.

The probably unroofed courtyard in the middle part occupies the largest part of the castle. There, in place of the old well, there is a newly built stone enclosure, which was sometimes used as a hearth. The ring wall of the courtyard has now disappeared. Heiko Wagner assumes that the access to the castle, similar to today's path, is in its central to northern part on the east side.

New sandstone cornices have been built into the window openings of the south-facing, two-part building, which corresponds to what was found in fragments in the old well shaft. It may have been used for storage, as living quarters for servants and as a kitchen.

In the 1930s there were wooden viewing terraces and stairs to them on part of the walls.[15]#

In the summer of 2021, the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments was informed that a large stone from the northern foundation wall was in danger of breaking off, which could affect the preservation of the entire wall. As of February 2022, only precautionary measures had been taken.[16]

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Tartufo 🇩🇪 🐾

February 3, 2019

It is worth to run up, from the ruins is a beautiful view of the Rhine valley and on Freiburg

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Thomas Müller

October 30, 2019

Nice castle ruins from the 13th Century, a few walls are still preserved, is great for a little walk after the meal.

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