ゼクサウの洞窟・トップ20

The tower is not open. According to a sign, keys for the door can be borrowed from the forest restaurant just below.

Landeck Castle, also called Schadelandeck, is the ruin of a spur castle at 285 m above sea level. NN on a limestone rock in the village of the same name, Landeck, a district of Teningen, north of the town of Emmendingen in the Emmendingen district in Baden-Württemberg. The ruin is one of the few well-preserved ruins in the Breisgau. The time of origin of the upper and lower castle can be dated to around 1269. In 1260, "Dietrich, the Vogt von Landecke", a follower of the lords of Geroldseck, was mentioned in a document.

The settlement of the landscape in Freiamt has probably in the 11./12. Century during the great clearing epoch of the Black Forest. Even then, people knew that there could be silver ore veins between the rocks in the federal sandstone in the Brettenbach valley. So the Zähringer dukes took favorable land and pushed out the smaller nobility who were busy with the clearing. The Zähringers appointed a able subject a knight of Keppenbach and ordered him to build a castle to protect the silver ore mines. This finally reaches a length of 200 meters and a width of 35 meters. However, the yield of silver was lower than hoped. Mining was abandoned around 1800 at the latest. The first written mention of the Knights of Keppenbach was in 1161. Hartmut von Keppenbach is listed as a witness in a purchase deed from Tennebach. Since the age of the castle is not known, it can be concluded that Keppenbach Castle already existed at this time. You can find more information about Bur Keppenbach on my homepage: https://www.breisgau-burgen.de/de/index.php/breisgau-burgen/burgen-a-h/burgen-f/freiamt-burg-keppenbach

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Magnificent views from the tower.

The history of the castle is very interesting. The tower can be walked on and you can enjoy a fantastic view

worth the climb, great castle with beautiful views. The tower can be climbed during the day.

Keys to the castle are available for a deposit at the Zähringen forest restaurant. On busy days it is better to leave an exchangeable deposit in the form of money, as the key can then be passed on to subsequent visitors in exchange for a "deposit exchange". The view from the tower is worth it!