Stockburg, Medieval castle ruins near Badenweiler, Germany

Stockburg is a medieval castle ruin on the Stockberg summit above Badenweiler at around 1074 meters elevation. The ring wall forms a trapezoidal shape and extends roughly 40 meters from east to west, with visible stone foundations and earthwork remains.

Julius Näher described the earthwork in 1882 as an Alemannic rampart. Pottery and iron finds from 1971/72 and 1997 were dated to the 12th century, so the site is now considered a medieval castle, probably held by the lords of Kaltenbach and used only until the 13th century.

The name Stockburg refers to the Stockberg, the porphyry cone on which the wall circuit sits; the communal and district border between Badenweiler and Malsburg-Marzell runs straight through the site. Julius Näher described the earthwork in 1882 as an Alemannic rampart, an interpretation later revised after pottery and iron finds of 1971/72 and 1997 pointed to a medieval castle. The ruins are now a protected excavation zone.

Access starts at the car park on the Egerten saddle, from where the Schwarzwald-Westweg leads toward the Stockberg. The steep summit itself is climbed off the Westweg on unmarked, partly overgrown paths. The site lies on the municipal boundary between Badenweiler and Malsburg-Marzell and is protected as an excavation zone.

Julius Näher described the earthwork in 1882 as an Alemannic rampart, and sketches from 1882 and 1901 already show stone buildings inside the wall ring. That is why the stone huts said to have been built by the Hitler Youth on the Stockberg in 1936/37 cannot be the only masonry on the summit.