Burg Hohenhundersingen, Castle ruin in Münsingen, Germany

Burg Hohenhundersingen is a ruined rock castle on a 675 m-high rocky spur above the Lauter Valley near Hundersingen, part of Münsingen. Its surviving bergfried is built of buckelquader masonry, and remnants of a forecourt with perimeter walls remain. A neck ditch cuts the spur off from the hillside.

The von Hundersingen family built the rock castle around 1100; it was first mentioned in 1237. From 1352 it belonged to Württemberg and the lords of Bichishausen, and in 1530 it was destroyed. The surviving keep and outer-court walls date from the castle's active period before that destruction.

The name Hohenhundersingen comes from the von Hundersingen family, who built the castle around 1100. The surviving keep shows Buckelquader masonry, stone blocks with a raised central boss, a hallmark of Staufer-period castle building that visitors can still pick out in the walls.

The rock spur stands at 675 m above sea level on a steep slope; marked hiking trails lead up from Hundersingen in the Lauter valley, and the ruin is freely accessible. Sturdy shoes are needed for the rough, uneven ground.

The neck ditch on the mountain side is cut into the rock and separates the main castle from the ridge, while the surviving bergfried shows humped ashlar masonry, a bossed stonework typical of the 12th and 13th centuries. The castle was destroyed in 1530 and has been freely accessible ever since.