DiscoverPlaces to seeCastlesGermanyBaden-Württemberg
Tübingen District
Landkreis ReutlingenBad UrachHohenurach Castle Ruins
DiscoverPlaces to seeCastlesGermanyBaden-Württemberg
Tübingen District
Landkreis ReutlingenBad UrachHohenurach Castle Ruins
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Hohenurach Castle Ruins
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Franzy
July 3, 2016
Hiking
A really large ruin complex of the former prison fortress Hohenurach. The Urach waterfall can be seen and heard from there. There are still some rooms, cellars, dungeons, and open …
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Alex
December 29, 2016
Hiking
As already described here, the ruin is today a very worthwhile destination and should not be missed during a visit to the Urach waterfall.
A little history:
The once proud castle Hohenurach was built in the middle of the 11th century under the then Count of Urach.
In the following centuries, the ownership changed and the castle was part of numerous conflicts, especially in the Thirty Years' War. Until 1694 a heavy lightning strike in the Powder Tower destroyed large parts of the fortress and this was finally abandoned in 1761.
In more detail: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Hohenurach
A little history:
The once proud castle Hohenurach was built in the middle of the 11th century under the then Count of Urach.
In the following centuries, the ownership changed and the castle was part of numerous conflicts, especially in the Thirty Years' War. Until 1694 a heavy lightning strike in the Powder Tower destroyed large parts of the fortress and this was finally abandoned in 1761.
In more detail: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Hohenurach
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david
June 18, 2018
Hiking
Far from noise and bustle a place to lie in the sun and to look in the blue sky.
Pure relaxation.
Pure relaxation.
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Elevation 650 m
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