Burgruine Wieladingen, Castle ruin in Rickenbach, Germany

Burgruine Wieladingen is a castle ruin in Rickenbach featuring a prominent tower, fortified walls, and a double gatehouse built on a rocky hilltop. The site displays typical medieval defense structures with substantial stone walls arranged across the elevated terrain.

The castle was built in the 12th century and first recorded in documents from 1260 as a possession of Säckingen Monastery. It functioned for centuries as a strategic point controlling trade routes and the valley below.

The name derives from a medieval noble family that once ruled the area, and the remaining walls still reflect the fortification methods of that time. Visitors walking through the site can observe how the structure was designed to dominate the surrounding landscape and valley below.

The ruins are accessible by car to a parking area along Landesstraße 152, from which marked hiking paths lead upward to the site. The grounds are open to visitors on foot and the steep terrain requires sturdy shoes and time to climb.

During the 1984–1996 restoration, volunteers recovered pottery shards, many stove tiles, crossbow bolts, lock parts, nails, a Jew's harp and, most unusually, a 13 cm bronze-sheet candleholder. The tower had been overgrown with a roughly 400-year-old pine until a gate collapsed in 1982.