View of Niederalfingen Castle

Attention: Extremely steep climb if you want to go up the castle by bike. We walked up the next day.

Niederalfingen Castle, also called Marienburg or Fugger Castle, is a spur castle on a mountain spur above the Kochertal in the Niederalfingen district of the municipality of Hüttlingen in the Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg.

Around 1050 the castle was built as a Hohenstaufen complex to secure important trade routes, after 1300 it became the property of the Knights of Seckendorf, in 1368 it became the property of Count Eberhard the Greiner of Württemberg, in 1415 it became the property of the nobles of Hürnheim and in 1551 it is now mighty castle complex to the Augsburg Fuggers, who rebuilt and expanded the castle from 1575 to 1577.

The castle now serves as a youth education center, leisure center and school camp. The bailiwick building located below the castle wall houses the local history museum of the municipality of Hüttlingen.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Niederalfingen

Great view of the castle

Niederalfingen Castle (Marienburg) is definitely an eye-catcher.