Trutzburg Heppenheim, Demolished castle in Heppenheim, Germany

Trutzburg Heppenheim was a whimsical imitation of a medieval hill castle on a slope about one kilometre southeast of Starkenburg, north of the L3810 road toward Erbach. Beekeeper Volker Sieradzki built it by hand from 2004 using hundreds of tonnes of stone, wood and rocks, modelling it on castles he had seen in Scotland. It remained unfinished when demolished in June 2012.

The structure was built in 2004 by beekeeper Volker Sieradzki as an intended environmental center for children. The project encountered conflicts with authorities in Bergstrasse district who raised concerns about missing building permits.

The castle generated support from Heppenheim residents who expressed their views through letters and statements in local newspapers regarding its preservation.

The structure stood on a slope north of the L3810 from Heppenheim toward Erbach, about a kilometre southeast of Starkenburg. Demolition ordered by the Bergstrasse district building office began on the morning of 6 June 2012 and lasted about two hours. Nothing of the castle remains at the site today.

The name Trutzburg comes from Middle High German: "Trutz" relates to trotzen, to defy, and described a fortified castle built during a siege. The builder took his models from castles in Scotland, and a herb spiral was the first section demolished, on 7 March 2012.