Schloss Mauren, Castle ruin in Mauren, Ehningen, Germany

Schloss Mauren is a ruined country house in the hamlet of Mauren, part of Ehningen. Only the ground floor and the vaulted cellar of the 17th-century building survive, along with parts of the 19th-century castle garden. Since 2005, two modern bungalows have stood on the protected remains of the walls without touching the historic fabric.

A medieval water castle owned by Burckhardt von Bondorf in 1352 was razed in 1395 by Count Eberhard the Mild. The Lords of Dachenhausen demolished it in 1615 and commissioned Heinrich Schickhardt to design a country house; sold unfinished in 1616 for 30,000 guilders, it was completed by Johann Friedrich Schertlin von Burtenbach. A 1943 bomb attack left only the ground floor, vaulted cellar and parts of the 19th-century garden.

The castle park from the 17th century displays traditional German garden design with terrace walls, stone stairs, and ornamental elements that still shape the grounds today. These features allow visitors to experience the historical landscape architecture and understand the site's former importance.

The site is privately owned, so visits are possible from the outside, but closer inspection requires caution and respect for private boundaries. The modern residential buildings on the grounds are clearly visible and help visitors understand where the historical foundations lie.

After severe bombing damage in 1943, only the cellar areas and lower walls of the Renaissance structure survived, revealing the destruction of war. The protected foundations were later reused as the base for modern residential buildings that now define the site.