Burg Großbodungen, Medieval castle in Am Ohmberg, Germany

Burg Großbodungen is a fortress with four wings arranged across three stories around a narrow rectangular courtyard. A defensive tower about 27 meters high stands as the most prominent feature of the entire complex.

A first castle stood on the site in the 11th century; the lords of Bodungen left the Hasenburg in 1170 and built a new fortified castle here in the 12th–13th century. In 1329 they added a stone dwelling with a chimney and a Gothic portal. From 1593 the castle passed as a Saxon fief to the counts and later princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, who held it until 1920.

The gallery in the castle moved in 2005 to the historic Kemenate, a timber-framed building from 1663 about 500 metres away that once belonged to the castle. There, exhibitions, readings and concerts were held until mid-2018, along with the Rose Day on the last Sunday in June and the Großbodunger Christmas market on the first Sunday of Advent.

The castle is now owned by Wolf and Krautt, who took it over in 2021, and it opens for events such as the Day of the Open Monument and the Großbodunger Christmas market on the first Sunday of Advent. Overnight stays are offered, and a fossil collection is on display inside. The former moats have been filled in.

The 27-metre Wartturm now serves as a nesting site for kestrels and barn owls. The castle's moats were filled in, and the four-winged complex covers about 1,200 square metres of living and usable space, cared for by the owning family.