Stolzenburg, Medieval castle ruin in Kall, Germany

Stolzenburg is a ruined hilltop castle in the Urft valley between Sötenich and Urft, in the municipality of Kall. Its oval wall circuit measures 75 metres; masonry remains outline living quarters and probably gate towers, and tunnels served as cellars. A wall, rampart and ditch protected the site, except on the west where the slope drops too steeply for fortification.

The name Stolzenburg appears in a 1643 file of the Reichskammergericht held in the Düsseldorf state archive, which suggests the castle was probably the ancestral seat of the Knights von Dalbenden. They later moved to the more comfortable water castle Dalbenden. A note on the Tranchot map wrongly linked the ruin to the Templars, a claim local research rejects.

Local legends surround the ruin: the knight Arno, who chose death over submission to the prince, and the crusader Raimund, who returned as a disfigured beggar and was taken in by his Aspasia. Other tales tell of a black dog with glowing eyes guarding the castle's treasures, and of fairies called Juffern haunting the Urft below.

The ruins sit near the Roman Eifel aqueduct and can be reached via the Römerkanal hiking trail that runs alongside it. Visitors should wear sturdy footwear since the ground is uneven and steep hillsides surround the site.

The Tranchot map labels the site "Stolzen Burg Ruiné – Tempel Hern Kloster", a link to the Knights Templar that researchers reject: in the Eifel, older castles were often wrongly connected with the Templars. The name Stolzenburg appears in a 1643 Reichskammergericht file in the Düsseldorf state archive.