Burgruine, Castle ruin in Markt Einersheim, Bavaria, Germany

Burgruine Speckfeld is a castle ruin situated on a forested hilltop near Markt Einersheim in Bavaria. Remnants of the fortification include standing walls with archways and window openings that visitors can view from hiking paths in the surrounding woods.

Built around 1200 by the Lords of Speckfeld, the castle passed through the Bishops of Würzburg and Bamberg as overlords and, from 1306, a Hohenlohe bailiff is documented. It was destroyed on 16 May 1525 during the Peasants' War and rebuilt, then a 1558 fire ruined its north and east sides before reconstruction in 1580. Swedish and Imperial troops plundered it repeatedly during the Thirty Years' War, and after 1693 it was abandoned as a residence and quarried.

The name Speckfeld comes from the noble family first documented in 1155, which died out around 1300. From 1370 to 1384 the castle served as the widow's seat of Elisabeth von Hohenlohe. A local legend tells that after the Peasants' War a farmer claimed a treasure lay under a hazel bush; the bishop sent two servants to help dig, but nothing was found and the farmer was ridiculed.

The ruin is accessible via marked hiking trails from nearby towns and communities. The surrounding area is part of a protected natural zone where paths are clearly marked for visitors.

The ruin lies within the Speckfeld natural forest reserve, where the Bechstein's bat has been recorded. A local legend tells of a farmer who, after the castle burned in the Peasants' War, claimed a treasure lay under a hazel bush; the bishop granted permission and sent two servants to help dig, but nothing was found and the farmer was ridiculed.