Burgruine Velburg, Castle ruin in Velburg, Germany
Burgruine Velburg is a castle site on a rocky hilltop in Bavaria, with stone remains still visible today. From there one can overlook the valley and recognize the foundation walls as well as parts of the fortification walls and keep.
The castle was first recorded in 1129 and initially belonged to the Lords of Velburg. After this family line died out around 1217, it came under the rule of the Wittelsbacher dynasty.
The name Velburg also appears as Velberg in records. The site is a protected landscape area of 350 hectares that includes the ruin, the rock formations called the Three Stone Maidens, the Hohllochberg and the Osterberg. The ruin is a station on the König-Otto-Schlaufe trail of the Jurasteig long-distance path.
Access is via marked paths from Velburg town center, with information signs explaining the layout and history along the way. Best visited in dry weather as the hilltop paths can be steep and uneven.
The keep was rebuilt on an 8 × 8 metre footprint and made accessible; at 12 metres it now serves as a viewpoint over the Frauenbach valley. The triangular castle ground plan is still readable in the surviving wall remains.
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