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Yburg Castle can be seen from afar. The landmark of the Stetten district is idyllically situated among the vineyards and was built between 1300 and 1310 by the Truchsessen (stewards) of Stetten and their cousins from Y-Berg. However, the builders did not complete the project. In 1760, the castle complex was demolished, except for the outer walls that are still visible today. Yburg Castle has been inhabited again since April 2011. The 15 bronze sculptures, which create a unique art experience at this prominent location, attract art lovers from all over Germany to the hillside setting.

Where only remnants of walls can be seen today, the ancestral castle of the Württemberg dynasty once stood, before they moved to a newly built castle on the eponymous Wirtemberg hill near Stuttgart at the end of the 11th century. The complex was probably built around the year 1000 and is now one of the most important historical sites in the region. During vineyard consolidation work in the mid-20th century, the castle ruins were rediscovered and excavated.

Great sculptures that are beautiful to look at

one of the sculptures by the Nuss artist family directly below the Y-Burg.

This is on the way to Stetten from Y-Burg. One of the many Skulpturen by Nuss

Kirchheim Castle is a feast for the eyes at any time of the year and invites you to visit.

Beautiful sculpture

After his return from exile, Duke Ulrich von Württemberg had seven state fortresses expanded in order to better protect his territory from the outside world. As part of these measures, the city fortifications of Kirchheim/Teck were expanded and the castle was built from 1538 as a corner bastion of the city wall. The simple functional building with two half-timbered floors over a solid base was completed in 1556 under Ulrich's son and successor, Duke Christoph. Initially, the modest castle was used by the sovereigns for defense and occasionally as a hunting lodge. When the plague raged in the residential city of Stuttgart in 1594, Duke Friedrich I moved the court here. With its decreasing importance as a state fortress, it was expanded into a residential palace. The diamond-shaped, irregular four-wing complex is surrounded by a deep moat, which has now been drained. The city wall is attached to one side. (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Kirchheim_(Teck))